So, I've been painting lot of parts, and its been going well.

 

Thing is I've painted the door handles twice now, and I'm going to need to do them again!

 

When I operate the handle, it scratches the body of the handle, as can be seen in the pic -

 

 

This happens with both handles.

 

The first time there was a lot of debris from sanding etc stuck behind the handle. However I cleared this out and repainted, but same thing has happend albeit not as bad. It's crazy we're only taking a few microns of paint!!

 

So, what I want to do is take the handle out of the body and grind some metal from the back, ans generally smooth it out. Thing is it doesn't look like it comes apart, the bar accross the back is flared slightly, holding the thing togehter.

 

So, has anyone succesfully taken the handle out of the body, and reassembled, and can you tell me how to do it?

 

Cheers.

This is a common problem caused by the tolerance on the moving handle parts been a compromise, however when we were breaking lots of zeds we found that some had more clearance, the moving handle parts is sort of riveted where it rotates so looks difficult to get apart and put back together. We tried grinding a little amount away on some but it was so tricky it became easier to find handles with a bigger gap! just a case of finding some.

 

Jeff

Yeah I had the same problem when we were painting mine. In the end I found some better handles that didn't catch. I can see if I have any spare if you want?

Oh, didn't realise it was a common problem. Wierd thing is, the original paint was free from scratches, it's only since I've painted them.

 

I tried taking them apart but it looked like I was going to break the plastic parts. Even if I got them apart and reassembled, I don't think they'd last long.

 

I'm thinking maybe get a nail file dow the back...

Yeah I had the same problem when we were painting mine. In the end I found some better handles that didn't catch. I can see if I have any spare if you want?

 

Annoying isn't it! I think I'm going to try and get behind the handle, see if I can do anything, so may very well get back to you. Cheers :)

Yeah I had the same problem when we were painting mine. In the end I found some better handles that didn't catch. I can see if I have any spare if you want?

 

Annoying isn't it! I think I'm going to try and get behind the handle, see if I can do anything, so may very well get back to you. Cheers :)