door handle pins !..whats the trick?

[sig]

ok, so stupid question, all the door handles and winders came off to put the new door cards on, and I have all the springs, "hat shaped" washers and the small pins to keep them in place. however, since the pins have been knocked out they now tend to want to slide out of their holes now, risking the loss or breakage of the handles. what do people do to keep the pins in place? a drop of glue??

cheers sig

 

[TodFitch]

At least on my car the escutcheon plates/rings hold the pins in place. You press the escutcheons down, compressing the spring that is behind the board, to expose the pins.

[Ulu]

Yes, once the trim ring or escutcheon is released, it pops out to capture that pin in a little "dish" so it can't escape.

 

I had one that had the pin come out half way behind the "dish" and half in front. I had to resort to brute force methods to remove the trim ring so the pin would come out.

Edited April 25, 2014 by Ulu

[sig]

ok understood , that makes sense of the top hat shape of that dish then..cheers guys

[_shel_ny]

Spring behind door panel, larger side toward panel, pushes escutcheon to handle, everything stays in place.

[Ulu]

My car is missing the springs. just the padding in the upholstery was enough "spring" to keep the handles on.

[Ulu]

 

A victim of Brute Force Methods...

[jcmiller]

Spring behind door panel, larger side toward panel, pushes escutcheon to handle, everything stays in place.

 

I was able to reinstall the escutcheon on the regulator crank, but not the door handle, because I can't push the escutcheon far enough in to get to the hole for the pin.  I see in this thread and one other that the larger side of the springs are supposed to go toward the panel.  When I originally removed my panel, the larger side was facing the metal and that is how I put it back together. Does anyone know if switching the direction of the spring will improve my ability to get the handle and escutcheon back on?

 

Also, along with the springs there was a rectangular piece of hard cardboard-like material between the springs and the door.  Should that be there or between the springs and the panel?

[jcmiller]

I reversed the spring and that did not help.  Removing the rectangular cardboard "washer" did.