Door handle woes...
Senior User
Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Templeton, Ca
All I did was took some simple green and a tooth brush to the entire mechanism first. This cleaned off all of the gunk that had accumulated over time. I then took a little bearing grease and covered the edges of the spring and at the pivot points of the mechanism. 3rd, I sprayed white lithium grease down the cable housing. I pulled up on the handle about 30 times to work in the grease. I did the same on the catch mechanism down lower on the door. Now I can pull the handle up with my pinky finger, no effort at all.
Hotshot
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Chino Valley, Arizona
this is almost funny, I try to get the plastic ones as the metal ones don't last the cowboys more than a few months.
Postmaster
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 3,420
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From: Maryland
The cables will cut into the housing making it hard to open the door. I got lucky and the wind bent the crap outta my door so i went to the junk yard and got a new door off a 150 and replaced it. There was a groove in the cable housing on the old door. I snapped 4 door handles.
