Attention! Slant windshield 4 door owners! Needing advise!

[David31dlxslant]

Hello all, I've got a 31 Slant 4 door town sedan, the outside door handles sag, who offers a rebuild kit? Springs? Etc etc to rebuild the door mechanism to bring the outside door handles back to original? I called brattons and they have kits but they're technically not for slant windshield model a's, my RR door is the worst, it saga about 2 inches, Thanks for any help

 

[jw hash]

first of all, NO ONE makes a rebuild kit for the S/W door latches. and no one makes a good spring for the remote. that I have found. the 32 ford door latches use the same springs. I rebuild a lot of these latches and I`m currently out of latches and the main springs. I make the rivets on the lathe. I will be at Hershey this year, so hopefully I can find some. it could be your latch is twisted inside. that happens when someone tries to open door when it is locked on the inside. it is pretty common.

 

[Kevin in NJ]

Follow the link to my web page below.

You have to rebuild by taking them apart and welding up the wear. Pretty easy.

 

[Oldbluoval]

There is also a brass bushing that has the square hole for the handle that gets worn. It then twists and let's the handle droop
I am in signal Mtn and 30 miles from you
I have done dozens of those

 

[brianpharmd]

I had Oldbluoval rebuild my latches. They work great. Steve at Bert's recommended a vice and heat to bend the shaft on the passenger door handle back to "preceved" normal. As you figure out the angle of sag and then heat/bend the shaft to "reset" normal.

 

[duke36]

I've done as Brian in post 5 and JW in post 2 suggest for many car makes. Works fine as long as the rotation back to "normal" is not too severe.