Off topic, but someone here is bound to have the answer 8o)).
One person too many has walked into the passenger side mirror on my '97 S10. I need to pull it off and glue the mount back together. To do this I need to pull the interior door panel which requires removing the window crank. I don't see any sort of set screw, etc.
What's the best way to get the handle off?
Thanks Keith Bowers - Thomasville, NC
I don't know specifically about your S-10, but many vehicles use a sliding spring clip to hold the handles on. It takes a special tool that you slide between the handle and the door panel to release it. The tool is simple, cheap and available at many auto supply stores.
Jerry
Either get the proper tool or just work a shop rag in behind the handle and pull it around untill it catches the end of the "C" shaped wire clip and puls it out.
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:01:44 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, snipped-for-privacy@northstate.net quickly quoth:
Chebbies used to have circlips holding them on. Harbor Freight has a set of tools for door panels which is a good deal.
Barring that, grab your o-ring remover tool (like a curved dental probe), push in on the door panel at the crank, and look for the clip to pull. The crank slides off after that. Then reinstall the clip and the crank will pop back on when you're ready.
Quick, short strokes with lube, of course.
Or just make one. Grab about 1/4" of a piece of 1/16" steel (TIG rod works great) in a vise, bend a sharp 90 degree angle. Grind the end flat and grind the bent part down so it protrudes only about 3/32". Insert tool behind window crank handle opposite the crank, hook the clip and pull it out.
Many thanks to all who replied. I used the shop rag trick; took less than 30 seconds 8o)). Keith Bowers - Thomasville, NC
I have a special tool for removing the crank and door handles on my 38 plymouth - seems to fit up into the 50s when the design changed - odd looking thing, it looks like a two tined fork with a dowl pin in the middle - the tines press the escutchion back away from teh handle and the dowel pin pushes out the pin that holds the handle to the square shaft
they sure don't make them like that any more
note, that the handles and stuff on my 38 plymouth, 36 cad, even 51 dodge are all intact, yet I just had the window switch on a fairly expensive 1997 vintage car disintegrate - I think I like metal better than plastic for longevity. On the other hand, I can drive the 993 faster and longer and with less service than teh old P-6
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