4kq door handle play-abnormal & 4kq for sale?

Huw Powell audi at mediaone.net
Fri Jan 4 17:44:20 EST 2002


> After receving a nice functional door handle for my 4kq ... I set out to change
> it.
>
> What a mistake!
>
> While installing the new door handle went well enough, there is now a
> problem. The damned POS door still does not open from the outside. It's
> really odd. The rod that pushes down on the latch and connects the handle and
> the part that gets pushed down to open the door seems to have too much play
> in it.

Remove and examine the door handle carefully - look at the trigger
assembly.  Pull on the trigger while applying some resistance from the
other side and look at the thinner parts, especially near the pivot
point.  It may very well be finely cracked, and flexing, which makes it
so it won't move the rod enough.  Otherwise I have never heard of a good
door handle being unable to operate a good latch on the car for which it
is intended.

I am assuming you got all the goofy little plastic "keepers" snapped
back into the right places, of course.

--
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/

http://www.humanthoughts.org/



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