Geldfalle 944

Here is what I have:



The 2 screw points on the door panel are shot. I have tried and tried to come up with a simple way to fix this so it is solid and looks like factory.

Anyone else had this and had a fix? The entire door panel is in perfect shape, just not the screw points for the switch.

teamking

Me too!

ZW 944

I think this problem exists in a lot of 944s on the drivers side. Both mine have it. On one of them I was able to put some duct tape over where the front hole is ( a few layers), put the original screw-clip over that, poke a hole through it, and screw into that, and it works ok. still not quite like the passengers side though

Grandpa#3

What you need are acouple of Clip Nuts or J - Nuts found at McMaster-Carr.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#clip-on-nuts/=d6stj9

Cheers,
Larry

968 GUY

may be time to pull door panel and figure out a fix with epoxy and maybe plastic.
I am guessing the mounts for the j clips are ripped out.

fwb42

I bent a piece of brass over (must bend over both sides) the screw holes and drilled a small hole to run the screw through. Worked great.

pnbell

Did this same thing with good success...

Geldfalle 944

I figured I could not be alone in this venture. I gave it some thought today. What do you guys think about getting a piece of metal and cutting it into a long C shape to run under the switch panel but sit flush with the back of the door card. Drill 2 holes. add 2 j nuts and screw it in?

I am going to give this a try and will post my results.

kombatrok

I cut out piece of thin hard plastic (I forget what it was from) that I glued behind the panel there and used clips like the ones linked to above to repair it... worked great, holding fine for months now.

dillon410021

little piece of wood behind the panel would work

Excelerate

I epoxied a piece of wood to the back and used that for a while, but it isn't reusable, say when you have to take the door panel off a month later to repair a broken door handle linkage... Now I'm back to square one, but with an epoxied chunk of wood in the way.

This weekend I'll try using a random piece of sheet metal to make a clip, or possibly go with a captive nut and then bolt it up.

GreyDog

Wow, just took a pic of the same spot 2 days ago, same problem !

I'm thinking of glueing plastic in place on the back side and attaching the metal clip back on. I don't really have much material left where the screw goes through.

DarylJ

I just had both door card off and should have taken pictures.

My passenger's side was a disaster. Not only were the corners that the window switch plate screws go into shot, but the top of the handle had pulled through.

I ended up laying up a few square inches of fiberglass over the entire area and re-drilling the handle hole. A bit of minor shaping on the corners and another drill hole and I'm back in business. We'll see how long it lasts. I made sure to put a decent amount of resin on the area first before laying up the glass, hoping it would soak/bond to the fiberboard better.

It all feels solid for now.

BeerBurner

Fortunately, I have only lost one of my mounts but I would do the same thing for the second one when it goes. It was the front mount so I simply took the metal clip that the screw goes in to, moved it up front on the vertical part of the opening and drilled a small hole in the plastic piece for the screw. Then, I just rescrewed it from the front and now it is solidly mounted. The bad news is that if you look closely enough you can see the black screw head but I never even notice it when the door is closed.

BB.

Geldfalle 944

I figured I would get the phone book when I asked this question. Lots of different methods.