jeff jackson

Guys ...check this out. I can open my Driver side door easily with no problems, by pulling the lever on the inner door trim. Works like a charm. However...it appears a cheap "Pot-Metal_ part was used for the linkage to the latch from the Outside Door handle, and it has "yielded up its "spirit"...in other words...its BUSTED. Here's a pic courtesy of PET6. I believ its item # 41 thats brokn...Any one ever experience this ? Or EVEN better...have one of these parts that I can buy for my 86.5 ???

Thaddeus

Very common failure and lots of threds on thhe subject. The Big 3 all sell the part, and there's how-to's on how to do it. The search function is your friend.

BTDT. You're in for a fun time. Oh yes you are....

jeff jackson

Yes Thaddeus.. "I know"...already have pulled the interior door trim to "investigate", and this is what I've come up with. We'll cross each bridge when we come to it. Thank Goodness for John Dozbush...He has this part, and will be shipping it to me tomorrow...can't ask for more than good old John delivers. I'll have this "licked" in no time now... Thanks John, from the bottom of my heart...

perrys4

Have fun. Hope you have small hands, it helps. Not really that bad. Took me an hour and half the first time out.

JG928S4

Be careful I broke part #47a doing mine, repaired w/ cable until I get the replacement for that piece.

Big Dave

I hope you're buying a new one. I'd be afraid a used one would fail again much sooner. This isn't a job you'll enjoy repeating.

IcemanG17

Its a right of passage in 928 ownership...I've done two (luckily not mine).....first time is a pain...but it gets WAY easier the next few times.....do a search and there are several links....George's site helped alot

http://sis24.berkeley.edu/928/wk-door-handle.html

DG84S

The secret is when to have the window glass up or down in the repair process. Guess wrong and the task seems impossible.

IcemanG17

THIS IS SO TRUE.....I beat my head against Gerry's 78 for hours....when just rolling the window down fixed everything!

jeff jackson

Thanks for the link Iceman....Very stimulating reading. Old George "ought" to consider a novel...I found "I just couldn't put it down"...

jeff jackson

WELL...my good friend John Dozbush, has come through for me again fellas. I received just before noon today, by overnight delivery...the replacement piece I need to fix the outside door handle release on my 86.5. He even included the linkage arm, and the mounting nuts, for this piece (which I didn't even ask for). I can't say enough good things about John. Since I have HAD this car,... and became a Rennlist member, he has consistantly, been there for me, with parts, advice and support, I couldn't get elsewhere, (and lots of times the parts were free, as in...No Charge. Sometimes even "shipped" to me for free). He's always sent me a high quality part too. Or else he would just tell me he was sorry, but he didn't have one in usable condition. If he wouldn't put it on his car...He WON'T try and sell it to someone else either. But anyhoo...John has come through for me again. Thanks Buddy.

icsmike

I agree John is a great fella he helped me out with my radiator issue. Gotta love this place.

jeff jackson

You guys weren't kidding about the broken door handle ...were ya ??? I tell you what, even after reading George's write up, and every other resource I could find on the subject (pretty limited), this job was a classic 928 PITA. Its Not done yet. But I am back to the re-assembly stage... door trim and stuff. for the most part...the hard part is over. NOW, just to get back to "where were we before we were so RUDELY interrupted" ???

Big Dave

I hear ya...I hope I never have to do THAT repair ever again.

auzivision

The driver’s door on my car has become increasingly difficult to open. I can still get it opened, but it takes a good tug. Works perfect from the inside so my guess is I need a new door handle release mechanism.

While I’m in there, I want to look at the window tracks or whatever guides the window up and down. While it always goes up and down, it is somewhat wobbly, noisy and much slower than the passenger side.

Also, the window trim around the outer perimeter has a 15 inch split/tear and hangs down when the window is open. I’ll add that to the list.

One last thing is the little courtesy/safety light in the door jam is missing. I have one of those in stock so now will be a good time to install.

Anything else I should be looking at while I’m in there? Any tips, advice or links would be greatly appreciated.

87 S4 Auto