jerlin
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12-29-22 04:14 PM - Post#2852996
I have the interior door panel off of one of the doors on my '55 210 2dr. There is a rod that connects the interior door release handle mechanism to the door latching mechanism. The rod is covered with a woven fabric sleeve. About half of the sleeve is missing. Does anyone know what the purpose of the sleeve is? The rod doesn't touch anything between the ends where it is attached. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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 wagonman100
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12-29-22 06:57 PM - Post#2853001
In response to jerlin
That is so the rod doesn’t make a rattling noise if it contacts anything. The sleeve doesn’t usually cover the whole rod (not sure how much of the rod gets covered on tri-fives). It usually just covers the section that is likely to rattle.
Jay
Friends don’t let friends drive Fords.
1999 Silverado Z71 4X4 extra-cab short bed
1983 Malibu Fauxmad - tubbed
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Bad56Sedan
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12-30-22 07:10 PM - Post#2853043
In response to jerlin
about halfway the length of that rod there is a clip to support that rod to the door,
you can get that cover material for that,
someone posted a corvette site that has it,
or do like I did, take a foot long piece of shrink tubing and cover it
VC56S 2 door Sedan, 43 Years
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TR56210
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01-24-23 12:23 PM - Post#2853689
In response to Bad56Sedan
Shrink wrap! I was about to use rubber hose…
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Bad56Sedan
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01-25-23 06:33 PM - Post#2853753
In response to TR56210
that original sleave cloth type material is reproduced by someone that sells corvette parts.
but for the price and shipping, electrical shrink tubing is looking good!
https://www.zip-corvette.com/56-62-door-lock-rod-c ...
VC56S 2 door Sedan, 43 Years
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Edited by Bad56Sedan on 01-25-23 06:34 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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