Door Latch Remotes

[coralhead]

I started working on my '50 3/4 ton doors and ran across a question regarding the latch remotes. On the rh door the lever arm is facing down with the flat rod located in the formed recess. (parallel with the recess) On the lh door the lever arm was pointing up and the flat rod was at a downward angle and not in the formed recess. Do I have some mismatched remotes or is this normal? Should the flat rods both be located in the formed recess? See pics below.

[mknittle]

both of the ones on my 52 GMC are over the top like your first picture.I will do a walk about today and see how the other ones are


the picture in my shop manual shows them on the bottom. that looks right to me.

[parkwood]

They do sell a RH and a LH door latch remotes.. the ones on the suburban were like the first picture but they would have rubbed hard on the door panel.. had to buy new ones so we just put them on this way..

[coralhead]

Originally Posted by parkwood

They do sell a RH and a LH door latch remotes.. the ones on the suburban were like the first picture but they would have rubbed hard on the door panel.. had to buy new ones so we just put them on this way..

That's what I was thinking of doing. Pictures in my shop manual show them both ways but all new ones are the ones like you have shown. Thanks for he replys

[mknittle]

I checked the 11 trucks/cabs we have. only one had the pull rod on the bottom,A 48' the rest had them on top. the trucks range in year from 48' to 54'. so both are correct.