Can a cast metal outside doorhandle that snapped in two pieces be repaired?
March 2, 2010 - 12:23 am
specifically the cast metal door handles on the 66 chevell/elcamino. I can’t buy just one, it has to be a pair and its 50 bucks at best not including the shipping… gawd..
The parts are going to be expensive, it’s a classic vehicle, the parts have been out of production for years. They’re either New Old Stock (NOS) or used. You might, might that is, get the broken one welded, but that might cost as much as buying the pair of replacements. I’d buy the pair and then sell the one you don’t need on Ebay.
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:39 am
The parts are going to be expensive, it’s a classic vehicle, the parts have been out of production for years. They’re either New Old Stock (NOS) or used. You might, might that is, get the broken one welded, but that might cost as much as buying the pair of replacements. I’d buy the pair and then sell the one you don’t need on Ebay.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 5:50 am
why cant you just buy more?
not hard to replace or find
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http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&p=1966+el+camino+door+handles&SpellState=n-1828620120_q-hvNDJ%2FSkfp6VO6CCJHGTPAAAAA%40%40&fr2=sp-qrw-corr-top
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:21 am
YES YOU CAN BUY A NEW ONE–go to a body shop and get it done. You cannot make the repairs to them–they are too brittle.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 7:00 am
If i had that old car i would wait until i could save the money up to buy a new door handle.
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30 years working on vehicle’s.
March 2nd, 2010 at 7:34 am
To say "yes" it can be repaired would require someone with the right welding ability to make a neat and very subtle repair. They would also need to be able to locate a donor metal (either welding/brazing rods or other) to facilitate the repair. Then you would need to get it ground down to a smooth contour and if it is chromed you would need to get it re-dipped once it has been repaired to look new again.
The thing is, the cost of doing this would start getting close to the $50 it would cost to get a new pair of handles. The bonus with buying new handles is that you KNOW that there isn’t an inherent weakness which could fracture again.
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