Window winder conundrum

[tim hunt]

Yesterday I noticed that the Bakelite? knob on my driver's side window winder had disappeared. I found the two broken pieces and the circular end cap on the flor of the car. I thought - simples Araldite will soon sort that but now I find that the two halves of the knob will not close together over the spring on the spindle. With prescience I had bought a spare years ago for £2 at an auto jumble but now note that this must be for a different car, a Herald maybe, since although the handle is identical the knob is  somewhat larger. This hardly matters since the handles are low down on opposite sides of the car and I doubt anyone would notice but does anyone have an idea how I might fix the original?

Tim

 

[stillp]

Araldite, or superglue?

Pete

[tim hunt]

Yes Pete, Araldite was my first thought but as stated the two pieces will not mate up intimately over the spring on the spindle.

Tim

[stillp]

You need to compress the spring so it fits in the recess in one half Tim, then add the end cap and the other half, then tape or clamp it all together while the epoxy sets.

Pete

[tim hunt]

You' re right Pete - that works! Why didn't I think of that? Brains will tell.

Thanks,

Tim!

 

 

[stillp]

Had to do it to my Herald, many years ago!

Pete