Re: Re[2]: door handle techniques and sympathy

[todd@qualmedoregon.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.
> 
> Ben Swann

I'm not really sure what you mean.  If you take the interior
door panel off, it gets a lot easier, but you usually still
have to take off the door handle on the outside.  The hard part
may be getting the upper collar, where the rod fits into the
lever mechanism of the door handle, off the rod.  If you can
twist it toward the inside of the car, it should unclip and let
you pull the rod out.

This is hard without pictures.