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MG MGA - coupe door and window handles

What does the retainer pin in the coupe door and window handle do? I know how to remove it, but why its needed is not obvious to me (probably a simple answer)....

Thanks!
G Goeppner

George,
I'm pretty sure its holds the handle(s) on the shaft. Ergo...retainer pin..:)
Cheers,
Gerry
G T Foster

Gerry....but the pin goes thru the handle, not thru the shaft (unless mine are screwed up some how).
G Goeppner

GG if you look closely I believe it goes through the rectangular shaft.
J H Cole

There is a hole in the rectangle shaft,that corresponds to the hole in the handle. When mounting the handle,you must push the pin thru the handle and thru the rectangle shaft. If this is not done, there is no way to keep the handle from falling off every time it is used. Look closely and you will see the arrangement.
Gordon Harrison

and this from Barney's web site:

There is one thing that is not evident, or at least it wasn't to me, at the base of both the door handle and the window winder is an escutcheon, That escutcheon is in two pieces, one slides over the other, though you can not see that it does. It takes two people to, one to push the outer escutcheon back to allow the second person to see the little pin in the shaft which must be tapped out to get the handle off so the door panel can be removed

Cheers,
Gerry
G T Foster

Actually it just takes one coordinated person. The inner piece of the escutcheon is spring loaded and all you need to do is push the inner bit in against the spring with a small screwdriver, exposing the ends of the pin, and then push out the pin using a pin punch or scratch awl with the other hand. Much easier to do than describe.
Bill Spohn

This thread was discussed between 02/10/2012 and 12/10/2012

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