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W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: jmbour on June 09, 2013, 12:20:29

Title: inner door handle bezel
Post by: jmbour on June 09, 2013, 12:20:29

Hello,

I need some help to take off the inside door handle bezel, in order to remove the door panel and fix a window.
The technical manual says that it should "pop up" with the help of a thin screwdriver.
I don't want to break it, and would like to know exactly how to proceed.
Thanks,

Title: Re: inner door handle bezel
Post by: KevinC on June 10, 2013, 00:54:38

Does this help?..

http://www.sl113.org/wiki/Interior/DoorTrim

Title: Re: inner door handle bezel
Post by: jmbour on June 10, 2013, 08:44:58

Thanks, Kevin,

It helps, but partly because my SL is a late 280 with the square bezel (not the round showed on the pic)
Should I understand that the chrome bezel stays on the panel and I have only to take of the black plastic plate behind the lever ?

Title: Re: inner door handle bezel
Post by: jmbour on June 10, 2013, 13:24:20

O kay, I took the black plastic off and found behind it the screwn holding the bezel.
Everything after that was simple, but I had a bad surprise when I looked at the window mechanism.

Title: Re: inner door handle bezel
Post by: KevinC on June 10, 2013, 15:22:40

I hate bad surprises.

Title: Re: inner door handle bezel
Post by: stickandrudderman on June 10, 2013, 19:02:59

The only surprise to me is that you were surprised!

Title: Re: inner door handle bezel
Post by: jmbour on June 11, 2013, 09:23:12

The bad surprise is that he window regulator arm is broken.
And, of course, you cannot find a new arm, you have to replace the entire regulator, or find a repair kit (see my other post)

Title: Re: inner door handle bezel
Post by: ja17 on June 12, 2013, 06:00:48

Hello,

Why don't you have the arm welded?

Title: Re: inner door handle bezel
Post by: jmbour on June 12, 2013, 08:59:40

I appreciate your advice.
For the moment, I am looking for a used part or for a repair kit somewhere in Europe.
I only need the broken arm, not the whole regulator, which is very expensive to replace.
But it does not seem that there are some replacement arms on the market. Only Bud's is proposing a kit to reinforce it, but it has to be welded.
There are also some used regulators for sale on Ebay, but these parts are sold in the US, and the cost of shipping to France is prohibitive.

So, I am still looking around, and will get it welded if I don't find any other solution (it has to be welded very carefully to get it to its original shape).

Title: Re: inner door handle bezel
Post by: jmbour on June 21, 2013, 16:05:30

Thanks to ja17,

I had the arm welded, I ordered some spare parts to replace the guide jaws, and my window is now working perfectly.
The fix is the same as proposed by Bud's on Ebay, but was made locally. I think that the problem was caused by a missing jaw, and I am ready to bet that the arm will not break again  !