Re: 20-21st Clipper style door handles
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Since no ready made solutions on disassembly were forthcoming, I went ahead and made the mistakes. After some experimenting and mistakes on an old handle, here is the procedure done on a good one to be rechromed.
The pin inside the handle cavity is the retainer. It is a relatively soft pin and can be bent up to clear the handle edge. GENTLY bend the pin up just enough to clear the edge and to get a vise grip on it. Don't know how much bend it will take so don't overdo and break it. While pulling pin and rotating the vise grips at the same time, the pin will come loose. Does take a bit of pull though. Once the pin is out, use a block of wood and tap the handle off the shaft. The experimental handle was tight and took alternating blows on each side of the shaft but the second handle came out with tapping just the one squarish larger side shown. The small mounting piece with screw holes and maybe shaft looks to be different for each handle so it appears to be a good idea to carefully identify each piece as to which handle/door so they can be reassembled properly. When reassembling, the shaft and hole location will be critical. The chroming process will probably change the size of the square hole in the handle so take care they are lined up before reinserting the pin. It will probably be a looser fit in the hole but bending the pin back down so it's below the handle edge and can't come out will probably be sufficient.
Posted on: 2014/1/13 14:17
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Re: 20-21st Clipper style door handles
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Thanks for the explanation. Any sections that you don't want plated (like the hole), just ask your plater to fill or wrap them with plater's putty or tape before electroplating.
Posted on: 2014/1/13 14:33
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