I’m currently taking apart the passenger door panel in order to remove the window motor to see if I can fix or rebuild it. While in there, I remembered that both interior door handles don’t like to return themselves to a flush position when the handle itself is released. Is this a typical 928 quirk or is it possible to fix by adjusting the nuts on the end of the cable sheathing? Or maybe another way?

I figure that it's worth pursuing since I’m already deep in the door.


Cable nuts



Flush



Not flush

 

Bump.

Anybody? I fixed the window motor and am ready to reassemble....

 

I haven't pulled my door panels off yet, but I can't imagine that it would hurt anything if you try it. Just keep track of how far you move the adjustment, and only adjust one thing at a time so that you can see what is changing.

Your picture looks like that adjustment on the rod should set the angle of the latch when it's at rest, so a likely starting point.
If pushing it forward allows it to sit flush with the pocket in the door panel, you might end up below flush if there is some slop worn in the linkages, and if the hinge isn't limiting how far it can go forward and in.

 

I’m trying to reverse engineer in my head how it works and it appears similar to a barrel adjuster on a bicycle shifter cable. If that’s accurate, then I don’t think I have any extra length to make the inner cable more taught. The outer nut closest to the plastic door handle is on the last few threads of the cable sheath and thus can’t be unscrewed anymore, which means the inner nut closest to the sheathing also can’t be loosened anymore.

Or or maybe I’ve got it all wrong.

 

Looking at it again, it does look like it's adjusted almost all the way out.
One option would be to remove it from the bracket, and slide the adjuster off the end of the cable housing. Insert something to act as a spacer (a section of a ball point pen barrel, with a slit down the side?) and then readjust the adjuster with the new range available to you.

 

That's what I saw. The cable has stretched out, so replacement is the only option. Unless, someone has come up with a solution. I don't know if these could be repaired or if replacements exist.