Ok, I need someone experienced to help me with this one. I've posted about this before, but i need specific information.

I've been trying to remove the door/window regulator handles from my 60 valiant. I know the handles are held on by a spring clip that requires some kind of special tool to remove it.

I've taken the car to my mechanic. He hasn't been able to get the handle off though he's done it before, and I don't want him to break the clip. I have a loose clip that i've been examining to try and figure out where to press to get it to release. It looks so simple, but there must be some trick because my handle isn't budging.

Can someone give me ideas of what to do on this? Thanks.

those area pain in the a**, they are held on with a square clip & you just have to play & move the part until it releases, once it does it slides right off. the clip fits the groove too well & makes removal a bear, i just used a standard door handles removal too & alot of patience.

I use a plain old brake spoon on these. Slide it under the "tougue" end of the clip and rock it up. It helps if you always install the "tongue" end of the clip toward the "heel" of the lever so you know where to go after it.

Belay that, Ma always locates the tongue to the left of the lever.

Dick

Dick,

Regarding this last post, what is a brake spoon? i've never heard of one before.

thanks.

Evan

It's a hand tool for working the "star" (brake adjuster) wheel through the slots provided in drum style backing plates for that. A far more common tool before the advent of self adjusting linkages.





Use the more heavily bent end, slip it under the lip of the offending handle (but over any guard washers) from the "left" side of said handle (see sketch). Pry clip toward door, pull and wiggle handle out while maintaining pressure on clip.






Once you get the hang of it, you too can thrill and mystify your friends.


ps. The heater stuff's all together and ready.

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I have a 62 Valiant that I'm in the process of restoring, and I need to know how to do this as well. Can anyone out there who's done this before elaborate on this? I'm not sure I know what the 'tongue' end of the clip is... I know this is an old thread but any help is appreciated.

Thanks

I found the tool needed for the job at general auto parts place in the "Help" section for 6 bucks. It has a small U cut out of one end to push the clip out, and a larger U cutout on the other end for pushing the clip back in.
I put the smaller "u" pushing up at the lower end of the handle and found that the clip sat at a slight angle.
My only real trouble was that the clip went flying and took me 15 minutes to find the dang thing.
It's always the little things that can drive you nuts

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Dick, are you a traditional yachtsman?

Here's a quickie to give you a visual reference, actually it's not all that complex once you get the concept ............



Run your spoon (or bent whatever, some have even dedicated an old screwdriver to the purpose) in between the handle (or crank) lip and the protective washer on the door panel in the correct 90* position to access the clip's end.

Pulling up on the spoon handle pulls up against the door handle/window crank lip while pushing down on the spring clip end, forcing the flexible part of the clip to bend away from the tool and releasing the latching point from the slot in the shaft.

While thus loading the unit you wiggle/pull the door handle (or window crank) until the assembly slides off the shaft.

It may take a fair bit of wiggling the first time around due to prior lack of maintainance, dirt, rust, etc, but sooner or later it'll work. Clean and lube it before re-assembly and it'll be much easier next time.

Takes far longer to explain than it does to do it, as always.

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I've led rather a checkered life (to put it politely) and the references I sometimes cough up have occasionally gotten me accused of pompousness. I'm not (far too much work to no end), but it can seem that way.

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