Why is my Audi 5000 Passengers front door handle so hard to open?

[Brett Dikeman]

I spent about an hour or two removing the door handles once and found 
they could be -completely- disassembled.

I cleaned and smoothed all surfaces with a moto-too wire brush, 
washed it clean, repainted lightly, coated everything that moved with 
lithium grease, reassembled, and they worked much better.  Cleaning 
and lubing the door latching mechanism itself resulted in a further 
improvement.

The following weekend, I did the rear doors, and there was a 
noticeable improvement.  It's probably been a couple years since 
then, no problems so far.

B

At 6:45 PM -0800 12/11/00, Joseph Rae wrote:
>I have a 87 5000cstq and the front passengers door handle is very hard to
>open. You have to squeeze it very hard in order to open it.
>Is there a way to fix this?
>The Drivers side opens easily, and the back doors open perfectly as well.
>
>Also is there a replacement door striker. Mine all don't have the
>plastic/Rubber sheath around it, do you get a noticeable clunk when closing
>the doors?
>
>Thanks
>Joe Rae

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