5000CS door lock parts

[John Cody Forbes]

The parts are hard to get. They come with the little metal rod and are about $45 each new, but the drivers side part is NLA with no stock anywhere. The passenger side ball socket can be threaded on the drivers side rod. I've been considering making some of these from a soft metal with a clip to hold them on, but I'm too busy with my new job, current race car project, and moving house all at the same time. I need a pair for one of my cars so I do have motivation once I get some time.

-Cody (mobile)

On Jan 23, 2011, at 6:27 PM, Stephen Sherman <spsherm at msn.com> wrote:

> I am in need of a couple of tiny plastic parts for the door locks on my 
> '87 quattro. Namely the plastic top that connects to the lock arm of the 
> front door handle to the rod (the little plastic thing that has a ball 
> socket and treads onto the rod going to the latch, passenger side if 
> that matters), and in the drivers side rear door the 90 deg thingie that 
> goes to the lock button.
> 
> These plastic things have broken, no doubt due to their age. I could hit 
> the junk yards, but I suspect that anything I find will be as old and 
> brittle as the ones I am replacing.
> 
> Are there any other options? (My local Audi dealer is not interested in 
> ordering 87 parts).
> 
> TIA
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