[DeTomaso] Doorhandle problem
Larry Finch
fresnofinches at aol.com
Sun May 14 18:51:44 EDT 2023
Mike,
I strongly suspect his plastic bucket is at least displaying stress cracking. Almost every used bucket I have in my stash has cracks, sometimes not obvious without close inspection.
The PIM plastic bucket comes with a proprietary?? replacement pivot pin, which is by far the easiest solution I have ever seen. Some months ago I contacted P.I.M. to see if that pivot pin, and the C-clips, could be purchased separately; didn’t really receive an answer.
And yes, the OEM doorhandle pulls are side specific, being marked with a D for Destro/right and an S for Sinestro/left.
However, I recently re-keyed a pair of new/reproduction door handle assemblies purchased from Steve and they use a re-designed pull that has two arms, and is thus usable on either side.
Larry
> Larry,
>
> If his plastic bucket isn’t broken all he needs is a replacement pull tab. The tabs are handed so you have to buy the correct one.
>
> Chris,
>
> Pay attention to the orientation. When looking at the chrome side of the tab, the arm extends to the left and is biased towards the top. Vendors who are used to simply selling pairs and letting you figure out which one goes where will need this explicit guidance as they are apt not to remember which handle corresponds to a left or right door.
>
> Mike
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
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Mike,
I strongly suspect his plastic bucket is at least displaying stress
cracking. Almost every used bucket I have in my stash has cracks,
sometimes not obvious without close inspection.
The PIM plastic bucket comes with a proprietary?? replacement pivot
pin, which is by far the easiest solution I have ever seen. Some months
ago I contacted P.I.M. to see if that pivot pin, and the C-clips, could
be purchased separately; didn't really receive an answer.
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And yes, the OEM doorhandle pulls are side specific, being marked with
a D for Destro/right and an S for Sinestro/left.
However, I recently re-keyed a pair of new/reproduction door handle
assemblies purchased from Steve and they use a re-designed pull that
has two arms, and is thus usable on either side.
Larry
Larry,
If his plastic bucket isn't broken all he needs is a replacement pull
tab. The tabs are handed so you have to buy the correct one.
Chris,
Pay attention to the orientation. When looking at the chrome side of
the tab, the arm extends to the left and is biased towards the top.
Vendors who are used to simply selling pairs and letting you figure out
which one goes where will need this explicit guidance as they are apt
not to remember which handle corresponds to a left or right door.
Mike
Sent from my iPad
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