another wild goose hunt for a little plastic bit

[Evan Parker]

Go get a pack of guitar strings :) 

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From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
On Behalf Of Joshua van Tol
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 9:31 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: another wild goose hunt for a little plastic bit

When presented with this problem, I found that a small piece of  
springy wire, (piano wire might work) bent into the right shape could  
replace the little keeper cap. I did have to slightly enlarge the  
groove in the rod end to give the wire a place to sit all the way  
around. Works fine, and is almost free.

On Apr 3, 2006, at 5:06 PM, DeWitt Harrison wrote:

> If one is forced to muck about with the 5000CS door handles
> - I guess we don't need to go into the reason(s) - it is sometimes
> necessary to disconnect the two operating rods from the ball
> ended levers of the handle. It seems inevitable that the tiny plastic
> keeper caps that release the plastic ball socket ends of the
> rods break off.
>
> As far as I can tell from the family album drawings, the only way
> to get a new little plastic rod end is to order the entire  
> operating rod.
> Cost aside, I've even ordered _new_ operating rods and had
> their keepers break off. Grrr.
>
> Does anyone know a part number for the little plastic rod ends
> themselves. I'd like to buy a box of them.
>
> I would be eternally grateful.
>
> DeWitt Harrison
> '88 5kcstq
>
>
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