Ok, so I've got some new window winders.... and I can't get the old ones off!
Yes, before you start with the jokes, I've taken the screw out.... do I need to take the door panel off first? Because I've tried that but the door panel won't come off without taking the winder off first....
Is there a trick to it that I am missing??
Thanks
dodge
handycam ·
thay should just pop off but maybe the spline is stuffed and some one has glued on ????
dodge ·
oh no!!! I hope not!!!! :cry
warb ·
depends on the year.. the early ones have a pin that you push out with a punch, then pull the sucker off, dont know late..
taken the screw out?.. then just give it a good pull..
dodge ·
this is 1973 kombi if that helps....
maybe i'll just someone strong to have a good yank....
sinecure ·
I don't know a lot about dubs, but there is a spring clip behind the winder on most Jap cars that is kinda like a circlip. You need to use a tool (which I have - I'll post a pic tomorrow if needs be) or a very fine screwdriver to get in behind the winder handle to push it off.
Please correct me if dubs don't use this clip.
bugeyedbabe ·
sinecure,
My beetle didnt have a circlip behind the winders......not any of them, but the kombis maybe different.
Dodge,
If u have the 'screw' type...the ones with the screw in the middle of the widners..then it should just pull off once the screw is off. But the first time I tried I couldnt get it..my eldest son did.
The 'pin' type dont have a screw as well...well, my 61 didnt...its only been one or the other. But i may be incorrect. And Im sure people will corect me if im wrong
cheers
dodge ·
Yeah, I was pretty sure that it was just a "pull off" job but I can't seem to get it off. Maybe I just need to employ someone with strong hands... hahaha....
pod ·
usually a screw through the winder into the splined shaft then should pull off 🙂
and sinecure dubs dont use the c-clip type of thing to hold the handles on 🙂
sinecure ·
Thanks, good to know.
Cheers,
Mick.
dodge ·
maybe i just need to get me some damn muscles!!! haha
bugeyedbabe ·
nah...find a guy with big muscles.....more fun to be had afterwards...
but u could try some wd40 just in behind...prob i find is that it might make a mess of the door cards...so go nice and slow i guess...