window crank how the heck

[LTWVARNG]

Window crank for the doors how do i get them off to access the door panel. i am trying to replace all the weather strip seals but it seems that the door panel needs to come off to replace the inner door run. i do not see a bolt or anything on the crank.

 

[Ken_86gt]

There is a clip that looks like a "C" that is on the back side of the handle. They make a tool for pushing them off, probably about $5. You can also use a small head long thing screwdriver to push it off, push on the door panel and look behind the handle and you should be able to see it and then push it off.

You see the tool here: http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200396146_200396146

 

[Cucvnut]

i just used a some pliers and poped it off and put it back on the same way on the c clip

 

[ragedracer]

I've always used a shop rag. You slip it behind the handle, and work it back and forth till it hooks on the clip. Then pull out. Hard to explain, but once you see it done it makes perfect sense.

 

[LTWVARNG]

I'm going to try a combination of all these when i get home from work.

 

[niferous]

If you use the pliers or whatever tool to push it off make sure you have a towel on the other side. They fly about 10 feet when they pop off and are very hard to find once they shoot off into the distance.

Something like this would work.

http://www.diseno-art.com/images_3/door_panel_removal_tool.jpg

 

[LTWVARNG]

Wow the window crank was the least of my problems.....the runs were so old they were hard and I had to break and chip them out of there. Ended up using an m16 cleaning rod..dont ask. I cant figure out for the life of me how to get the runs to go down along the windows in the door. I'm going to have to take it to a shop and ask grrrr