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Is there a trick to removing the window crank handles? I assume they’re held on with retaining clips but I can’t even get my clip removing tool between the handle and the door because the gap is too tight.
My 59 and donor cab had a mix of handles. Most had set screws. One had a clip. I made a removal tool by bending a piece of stiff bailing wire. After 60 years all could be after market parts.
Is there a trick to removing the window crank handles? I assume they’re held on with retaining clips but I can’t even get my clip removing tool between the handle and the door because the gap is too tight.
371877-S8 .. Screw & Washer - fillister head / #8 -32 x 15/32" long / Retains inside door & window crank handles to shafts / Obsolete
It turns out I had two different window crank handles. One must be original like NumberDummy shows and held on with a set screw. The other must be aftermarket and was held on with a clip, that was practically impossible to access. That’s the one I started with of course and had to rip the handle apart to get it off.
It turns out I had two different window crank handles. One must be original like NumberDummy shows and held on with a set screw.
The other is 1953/55 F100/900 and was held on with a clip, that was practically impossible to access. That’s the one I started with of course and had to rip the handle apart to get it off.
^ B5C-8123342-A .. 1953/55 F100/900 window crank handle. The clip (357550-S) used to retain it to the shaft was the same as used on 1950's FoMoCo cars and myriad 1950's GM cars.
There was a special tool that looked sorta like pliers, but much thinner. You inserted the jaws between the handle and its escutcheon (22618 in pic), moved it around and evidently the clip came off. A royal PITA!
The pictures I posted are for that style. It’s actually not very difficult once you understand it.
All that you do is slide the tool in and it catches the open end of the clip and pushes it out.
The clip usually points one of two ways length ways with the arm and almost always fly’s out so be ready.
As I stated earlier, it is possible to use small picks or flat head screwdrivers which I have done many times when I didn’t have the correct tool.
Good luck!
but I can’t even get my clip removing tool between the handle and the door because the gap is too tight.
