Re[2]: door handle techniques and sympathy

[BSWANN@arinc.com]

Speaking of the plastic coller - I'd say mine are more or less worn on 
all the doors of every AUDI/VW over 10 years old I've had.

Is this a simple/Inexpensive Repair?  I don't believe I've seen this 
in any manual I have.  Do you just unbolt the pin from the pillar - 
somewhere back I thought I tried this only to find that there was a 
bolt on the other side that fell down inside the sheet metal and I was 
really SOL.  Maybe Audi has the bolt welded to the pillar, or I'm 
making this too complicated.

Any answers?


Ben Swann
'85 4ksq
'86 5kcstq (parts/rebuild?)
'87 5kcstq Wagon
'89 5ks Wagon (for sale)


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Subject: Re: door handle techniques and sympathy
Author:  pfk@unifiedtech.com (Paul Kraus) at SMTPGATE
Date:    4/20/99 2:06 PM


On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 todd@qualmedoregon.com wrote:

>Just thought I'd cathartically get my Audi woes off my chest 
>from the last couple days.  On Saturday, I made an attempt 
>to fix my driver's door handle ('84 4kq) so I could open it 
>from the outside without having to give it three tugs.  It 
>looked like the problem was lack of travel, since if I push 
>the linkage further down, it releases easily.

I have had a similar problem with my '85 4000S Quattro on the 
passengers side. After poking at the lock mechanism I discovered that 
the pin the lock latches to (bolted to the lower B pillar) was worn. 
In fact there is supposed to be a plastic collar on the post, and on 
the passenger door it was worn completely away. I 'stole' one from the 
rear driver's door (least used) and it fixed the hard to open problem.

I am still looking for a cheap source of the latch posts (as all of 
the others are wearing close to needing replacement), so if anyone has 
a source, please point me there.

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