Door handle bumpers

[trekcarbonboy]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by TR7Aaron</i>

Until I read this thread, I never knew that there were little bumpers under the handle <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Same here![:I]

Craig '75 2.0 FHC

[rgsSpider]

Aaron I'll have to remember that for next time, much easier!

Randy

1980 TR7 <font color="red">Spider!</font id="red">
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[fiveliters]

I have the little rubber cone/ball/bulge thingys,and I thoguht they were for the inside of the door,as my handles there are recessed into the opening,and I always thought they would look much better flush with the rest of the interior panel. But aftr reading TR7Aaron's post ("didn't like how they recessed a bit from the <i></i>sheet metal<i></i>"),now I'm like,are those rubber things supposed to be for the <i></i>outside<i></i> door handle,or the <i></i>inside<i></i>? (My outside ones are flush with the rest of the car) Please advise,thanks!

[HDRider]

There are small rubber stops on both the interior and exterior handles.

Edward Hamer
Petaluma CA

[rgsSpider]

There my be a problem with adjusting the inside handles. Mine sink in by the way but it doesn't bother me like the outside ones did. If the inside handle is adjusted too far out it may put in in a "almost open" position which could be a disadvantage when driving as speed! At least that's my thoughts.

If you do replace the outside door handle rubber stop, don't trim it down before putting it in there! That long tail is actually REAL handy for pulling through from the inside. I lubed it with a little slobber first and pulled it right through.

Randy

1980 TR7 <font color="red">Spider!</font id="red">
http://web.me.com/rg_spb/TR7_Spider/Home.html

[supercass]

<font size="1">[quote]<i>Originally posted by TR7Aaron</i>

Until I read this thread, I never knew that there were little bumpers under the handle but still didn't like how they recessed a bit from the sheet metal. Rather than do it the correct way, I took some flat dense foam gasket material (about 3/16" thick), cut out two small pieces (about the size of an aspirin), and RTV'd them on top of the flattened bumpers on my car. I was done in about 10 minutes and so far (all of 3 hours) the handles lay flat, inline with the door sheet metal, and look better.

Aaron
1976 TR7 FHC (an ongoing project)</font id="size1">


I tend to agree that there must be alternative ways of resolving this problem, without paying such a high price for two tiny little bits of rubber. I accept the cost may be due to them being remanufactured, and don't mind paying a premium for such parts, but they can't even be seen in this case. Mine no longer fit anyway as the holes were adapted in early 80's to take micro switches for an alarm. supercass

[saabfast]

Until this thread and checking a few minutes ago I had not realised how they were installed. Mine are there but compressed to abot 2mm thick. Sometime I will try some of those little self adhesive bump stops you can get in B&Q for kitchen drawers and the like. Sticking one on top of the existing might just do it.

Alan
Saab 9000 Stg 1
Saab 9000 2.3 FPT Auto
'81 TR7 DHC

[Beans]

When I restored my DHC one of the things that needed to get sorted were the small bump-stop rubbers for the handles. As new ones seemed to be unavailable at that time I rummaged through a friends “rubber-thingies-magazineâ€￾ and came up with two rubbers like the one on the extreme right ...



Compared to the original ones on the left, they are way too high. But that was easily rectified with a pen knife and some sanding paper.



The exact thickness was a bit of a guess but in the end the handles sit pretty nicely aligned with the surround.



(I know I should have washed away the excess sealant before taking the picture [:p])

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[Triumph TR7V8 coupé]

Gents,

Bought the rubber grommets at Rimmer; not easy to install but a perfect fit for almost no money,
See the result in the link.

Greetings, J.



http://triumphtr7v8coupe.blogspot.com/2 ... chive.html