Removing Interior Door Handles 1956 for Jeff
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Removing Interior Door Handles 1956 for Jeff



Jeff, I apologize for not getting to your question about the door handles 
before I closed your note!

The interior door handles have a square spring clip on the inside, where the 
handle pushes over the shaft sticking out the the door. The spring clip fits 
into a slot or groove that goes all the way around the shaft. The spring clip 
only uses one side of this groove. 

Depending on which side of the car you are working on, you need to put a wedge 
between the metal handle escutcheon and the handle where the handle connects to 
the shaft, and push down on the clip from the top, or up on the clip from the 
bottom of the handle to slide off the shaft. I can't remember which side of the 
car goes which way, but I think that you will be able to figure it out. The 
clip can be very tight.

One some cars the handle fits VERY close to the escutcheon, and it will be easy 
to scratch the escutcheon. Be careful. If the screw driver or wedge slips, you 
can jab yourself pretty badly,too. Again, be careful. There is actually a 
special tool for this, but I don't know anyone who has one. It shows the tool 
in the Factory Service Manual. I have a special screwdriver that "seems to work 
every time", and I have kept it in my car all these years. I think it has a 
transparent blue handle and came out of a child's Handy Andy Tool Box! The same 
little screw driver has worked every time to install the brake shoe return 
springs on my Center Plane Brake cars.

Paul

In a message dated 4/11/2004 7:28:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx writes:

> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff, you did not say what year you are working on but it sounds like 
> the ones on my 57.  I've got photos of the clip and a description of 
> what I had to do to remove them on the 57 saga.  You can reach it off 
> the iML 57 page.
> 
> 
> Kerryp
> 
> JCantor791@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> >I'm planning on bringing my car to Chryslers at Carlisle this summer and 
> >therefore have a few projects to complete before then.  One is to replace 
>the 
> >driver's window which is cracked and the other is to get the front 
>passenger's 
> >door lined up so that it closes correctly (it's hanging low at the moment).  
>In 
> >order to do both of these, I will need to remove the inside door handles 
>which 
> >appear to have some type of clip holding them in place.  What tools and /or 
> >technique is needed to get the handles off?
> >
> >Also, any suggestions on how to get the passenger's door properly aligned?  
> >Is this a reasonably straightforward project or am I better off taking the 
>car 
> >to a reputable body shop?
> >
> >Thanks
> >Jeff
> >'56 Sedan
> >Trenton, NJ
> >
> >


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