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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: wiliferus on 24 June 2014, 19:47:51

Title: Door handle not working
Post by: wiliferus on 24 June 2014, 19:47:51
Has anyone got a fix for a drivers door outside handle stopped working.

Admittedly it's been one of those niggly things I've been meaning to look at - for ages it didn't open until right at the end of the movement of the handle and I knew it was on its way out. Tonight it's stopped working all together.

It's a 52 plated saloon.

Is it a reasonably quick fix with something that needs clipping back on, or is it more likely to be something broken?

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Door handle not working
Post by: wiliferus on 24 June 2014, 19:55:24
I should add, it opens fine from inside, so happy the lock itself is fine, it something to do with the exterior handle connection/mechanism.
Title: Re: Door handle not working
Post by: RobG on 24 June 2014, 20:15:32
Remove door card. Attached to the handle is an actuating rod that sits in the "knuckle" arrowed red. Make sure it`s in secure
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z257/belisensis/DOORLOCK_zps85f3e507.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/belisensis/media/DOORLOCK_zps85f3e507.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Door handle not working
Post by: wiliferus on 24 June 2014, 21:23:07
Remove door card. Attached to the handle is an actuating rod that sits in the "knuckle" arrowed red. Make sure it`s in secure
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z257/belisensis/DOORLOCK_zps85f3e507.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/user/belisensis/media/DOORLOCK_zps85f3e507.jpg.html)

That's brilliant, thank you. WD40 squirted through from outside seems to have sorted it for now back to its previous working right at the end of its travel.
I didn't have time to mess around taking the door card off tonight, but will have to take the plunge in the weekend.
Title: Re: Door handle not working
Post by: symes on 24 June 2014, 22:47:53
the rod on handle is probably bent-causing it to only work at last bit :y