a new fault to try my patience.

peanut · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:58 am

My S2 has just displayed a new annoying fault to continue to wind me up. :roll:

For 23 years the door handle has presumab;y worked faultlessly Yesterday the drivers inner door handle decided to stick on the door card covering and not return fully. Consequently when I get out and slam the door the door just bounces back open off the striker plate Grrrrrr

Very uncool when you pull up outside the local Co-op with an admiring audience. !.........Almost on par with trying to start the car for 2 minutes with an audience only to realise that you forgot to activate the immobiliser doh! :oops:

Last month it was the driver side speaker cover falling off every time I got out the car. I seemed to catch it with my big feet . Sorted that with copious amounts of hot glue and swearing. :wink:

tr7v8 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:35 pm

Pretty sure there is a spring on it, sounds like yours has broke!

peanut · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:39 pm

I don't think its the return spring Jim but rather the leading edge of the handle is catching on a tiny bit of the vynal door card covering :roll:

I'm going to have to pull the plastic cover off and see to it before I break it !

tr7v8 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:45 pm

Loosen the screw off behind the handle & try tweaking the escitcheon back & forth?

frenchy · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:18 pm

Clatter some cavity wax in there if you have the door panel off, the doorhandle on my 2320 was as stiff as flip when i first got it, sometimes a 2 handed job....................not cool !
A good coating internally with spray on lube made it nice again.

ben944 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:58 am

tr7v8 wrote:

Loosen the screw off behind the handle & try tweaking the escitcheon back & forth?

+1. That would have been my suggestion but Jim beat me to it.

Ben :bounce:

peanut · **Posted:** Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:55 pm

today i could stand it no longer so I fixed it. :lol:

You can see the little bit of vynal that is jamming the pull-handle.

There are two ways to tackle this job.
1. remove door handle, arm rest, mirror adjust ,door card . Glue back the vynal and re-instate everything. Allow glue to dry .... 2 hours tops

2. cut the piece of vynal with some scissors and go and have a beer ..2 minutes :wink:

which repair method do you think won ?

Red Rider · **Posted:** Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:05 pm

peanut wrote:

which repair method do you think won ?

Taking it to an OPC and and giving them 300 quid....?

lindsayhbrown · **Posted:** Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:28 pm

So how long did the glue take to dry ? :wink:

peanut · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:58 pm

lindsayhbrown wrote:

So how long did the glue take to dry ? :wink:

don't know I was too busy drinking that beer ! :lol:

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