Re: Door latches

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

IME, new ones aren't the greatest quality: I fitted one to my wife's car a 
year or so ago and it lasted less than a year - the casting was pretty poor 
quality. I ended-up putting one on which came from an '82 I had recently 
broke and it was & still is perfect.  I guess, in future, I'd only take one 
that I could test on the donor door first and if it was stiff then I'd leave 
it, on the assumption that it will have already been overstressed.

HTH,

Ewan Hopkins...

'85 Storm 2.0
'86 GT 1.8
'87 GT 1.6



>From: "Bill Collins" <photo@intrex.net>
>Reply-To: <photo@intrex.net>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Door latches
>Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 09:11:38 -0400
>
>On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:18:06 -0400 "Jon Palm" <scirokn@hotmail.com>
>writes:
> >The push down lever on my door latch has split and no longer pushes
> >down
> >enough to unlatch the door. I can get a latch from several VW's at my
> >local
> >boneyard, but need to know if the key mechanism can be removed from
> >the
> >latch. All insights greatly appreciated.
> >Jon Palm
> >85 8v
>Its really easy to do, as several other people have described.  However, I 
>would suggest that you not bother with a used one, since it will soon have 
>the same problem as the one you have now!  Potterman has the new ones for 
>about what my local junk yard wants for a used one.
>(I'm actually thinking of Jetta door handles, but I assume the Scirocco 
>ones are the same)
>
>Bill
>
>
>
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