1956 door handle and window cranks frozen
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5th Wheeling
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1956 door handle and window cranks frozen
I’ve used pb lube wd-40, pliers , I have not used heat yet and maybe that’s the fix but my drivers side door handles and window cranks are corroded or fused together and I cannot get them off. Yes I’ve removed the set screw but still will not come off. Aside from heat and the possibility of trying to cut them off I’m stuck. Trying to fix the wing window lock but need to get door handles off to get the door panel off. Any Ideas?
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Yes 56 uses set screws, 53-55 clips. I had a handle that was really screwed up and I couldn't get off. It was junk anyway so I used a cut off air tool and kept cutting off a little at a time until I got down to the shaft. I was trying to save the regulator. You can buy new handles though they are pretty chinsy, you also can buy new shafts if you have to ruin that. Good luck!
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Yes 56 uses set screws, 53-55 clips. I had a handle that was really screwed up and I couldn't get off. It was junk anyway so I used a cut off air tool and kept cutting off a little at a time until I got down to the shaft. I was trying to save the regulator. You can buy new handles though they are pretty chinsy, you also can buy new shafts if you have to ruin that. Good luck!
Greg,
Thanks for the info I was pretty sure that was going to be the way I was heading.
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5th Wheeling
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Seaves46,
Well started in on them after work and I cut and cut and drilled until almost no handle left,that’s when they finally let go of the shaft. Now realizing all the work to do to get the new shafts back in there. Problem being full time classic truck owner and a summer time mechanic. Seems really simple at the beginning but then you start wrenching and find out the whole doors shot. I now would have been fine with the broken wing window handle.
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5th Wheeling
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Door handle orientation
So for an expert out there need help in finding out before I put my handles back on and finish it up. My present interior door handle faces down and to open the door I push forward to lock it I pull back don’t know why but this seems backwards or just awkward. I can reorient the handle to the up position and it works they way it feels right so the question is can I switch the passenger door locks etc to the drivers so that the handle will still be facing down or are they both the same and the only fix is to angle the handles up?
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The door handles should point to the division bar. So the driver's door handle should point to between 1:00 and 2:00, the passenger side handle should point to between the 10 and the 11 relative to a clock.
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5th Wheeling
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Abe,
Thanks for the info. I had turned them like that when I changed them out figuring this was wrong because when I got the truck they faced down. So good pics and the way it should be.
Thanks for the info. I had turned them like that when I changed them out figuring this was wrong because when I got the truck they faced down. So good pics and the way it should be.
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