[DeTomaso] Doorhandle problem

[Larry Finch]

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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