Thread: DIY Door Handle for Hardcore DIYers

That be cheap chinese stainless i bet.

Quite possibly, I didn't ask where it was made.

....& would you have given a stuff anyway, provided it worked?

Originally Posted by 4bee

....& would you have given a stuff anyway, provided it worked?

erm.....lol. I thought about painting it...for about 1 second

Originally Posted by theNEWT

Due to the door handle being out of adjustment and the previous owner putting excess load on the handle ...it well..eventually cracked and broke. So what does a chronic DIYer do about this? Make one of course, all I needed was some box tube stainless (the rusty type) and something to cut/grind with....2 years later and still working a treat.


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Actually your little Capt. Mainwaring wrinkle reminds me of another LR poorly designed item with a simple solution..


Lower roller for the sliding window mechanism breaks often.

I made up aprox. 1" Square "roller"/slide, out of an old nylon bread board about 1/2" thick. This slides along in the track rather than rolls. Was still working after many years later when I got rid of my D1 early this year.

I can't take credit for this idea as it came from an article on one of the (UK) LR Forums years ago.

Great idea..Ill keep it in mind. Cheers

I made up aprox. 1" Square "roller"/slide, out of an old nylon bread board about 1/2" thick. This slides along in the track rather than rolls. Was still working after many years later when I got rid of my D1 early this year.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Actually your little Capt. Mainwaring wrinkle reminds me of another LR poorly designed item with a simple solution..


Lower roller for the sliding window mechanism breaks often.

I made up aprox. 1" Square "roller"/slide, out of an old nylon bread board about 1/2" thick. This slides along in the track rather than rolls. Was still working after many years later when I got rid of my D1 early this year.

I can't take credit for this idea as it came from an article on one of the (UK) LR Forums years ago.

Did the same thing with my first Disco as well. Worked a treat.
Must have seen the same post or did you do a thread on it way back.

Thanks SC, I believe I did somewhere. LRM, LRO or another UK publication of the time (??) it could have been. But it wasn't my idea & I recall that the bloke who did post it, included images. The idea made sense to me as a repair & as it transpired it was very reliable as well.