5000 Door Handles

[Huw Powell]

How does running the power locks remotely avoid using the door handle 
trigger?

On 10/13/2010 2:47 PM, Peter Golledge wrote:
>
>
> Good advice... the other thing I do is put a cheap remote opener in the car and splice
> it in to operate the vacuum door pump.  Not using the handles definitely extends their
> life!
>
> On 10/13/2010 10:08 AM, Dr. Ian McArthur wrote:
>> I have had Audi 5000 door handle problems for years.  Like many other
>> listers the first things I scavenge from the auto wreckers are door handles.
>>
>>
>>
>> There are two problems.  As Huw pointed out the triggers are indeed pot
>> metal and break with age.  There are actually at least two different types
>> of handles: early ones has thinner trigger webs, later models featured
>> thicker webs.  The second, and more significant problem is a worn plastic
>> ring (or tube or bushing) around the shaft on the latch pin mounted on the
>> door frame.
>
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