Door handle removal problem
 

On a 1930 tudor I can't get the right side door handle to come out. It's an old locking style and I wonder if there is some kind of clip on the square shaft to lock it in place to keep some one from pulling it off the door and breaking in. Can't find anything on this in any of my books. I read some place to turn the handle to the left a quarter turn and it will come out but this want turn to the left.

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Turn the handle as if you are opening the door, but stop at 45 degrees. Then you should be able to pull the handle off. You may need to wiggle it a bit - they sometimes get rusty.

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I feel your pain wait till you put it back together. I replaced the passenger handle on my 1929 Coupe and it took be 45minutes with a lot of profanity and banging to finally get it back together.

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I fiddled around with one of the handles on my '31 delivery also. Looked for a something that could be impeding it's removal and finally just PULLED as hard as I could and out it came. No idea why it was so stubborn.

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if your still having trouble , remove inner door panel & you can see it

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Take the two screws out that is holding the handle.

Sorry I could not resist that

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Roll the window down and spray Kroil on the shaft. If you remove the panel or latch mechanism be sure to lube all the moving parts and replace any broken or rusty springs.

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Thanks everyone for the information. I'll get back to the job at hand tomorrow if all goes well.

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I tried all of the methods that you guys tell about but no door handle comes out. What next?

Re: Door handle removal problem