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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Lacombe, LA
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Need help on mounting door handles
Any of the members have a door handle templet and/or can explain a simple way to use it in the correct manner. I used mine and drilled two small guide holes in my panel (the handle will cover those holes), but I can see where they will not line up with the base nuts. I had to measure these wrong. Any help appre. I've either cut the templet wrong or started with a bad measure and it went downhill from that point.
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Re: Need help on mounting door handles
I had a similar experience installing the handle on the passenger side. I had an original template and lined it up the way I thought was correct, drilled and then found out the holes didn't line up. What I did was put a couple of bolts through the captive nuts from the backside and let them protrude slightly towards the door panel. A dab of grease on the ends of the bolts and then installed the door panel with a couple of the top screws. This gave me a couple of grease marks on the inside of the panel as a guide for drilling the holes. Hope this helps!
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Lacombe, LA
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Re: Need help on mounting door handles
BHAP,
Yes, I'll do that, I've used that method before with sheetrock and an electrical box, only with lip stick. I forgot, THANKS!!!
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Burbank, CA
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Re: Need help on mounting door handles
Make sure your holes are big enough. The bolts come in at quite an angle so the holes need to be bigger than you might think. I remember thinking that the template was telling me to drill big holes and I thought, I know better than they do, and drilled a smaller hole and then could not bolt it down.
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