General Marea boot handle cure

[tturnbull50]

I have had the PROBLEM boot handle stuck in open pos'n but wont open , using a light tension spring with hooks on each end now operates fine. Liberally coat all mechanism in oil/grease. Job took about 20 mins.. See pics.

 

[fatnav50]

Good post

 

[tturnbull50]

Thanks seen various solutions all time consuming/expensive looked as if this would work and tried it, best of luck

 

[toolsntat]

Cheers for that

Wish I had thought of that when I took it to bits first time

Andy

 

[gijoe]

Brilliant!

Up to now, I had a pliers in the boot to manually pull the handle before reshutting for the last 9 months. I now have a 20 min date with my car.

Thanks,

Joe

 

[johnson550]

Excellent post this has saved my hand from further abuse thumping the boot to get it to spring back.

 

[gijoe]

Excellent post this has saved my hand from further abuse thumping the boot to get it to spring back.

Me too LOL! Not to mention the ensuing din, and quizzical stares from onlookers.

 

[multispoke]

I have had the PROBLEM boot handle stuck in open pos'n but wont open , using a light tension spring with hooks on each end now operates fine. Liberally coat all mechanism in oil/grease. Job took about 20 mins.. See pics.

I've had the same problem. I make sure that I close the boot gently but with a thud. If the central locking is not used to 'unlock' the boot and the key is used it can cause it to jam. I've had to crawl in the back on a number of occassions and manually open it.

Where is the best place to long for a spring like that ?
It's a very simple solution .
Good posting tturnbull50.

 

[madrat]

I wonder if this would work on a weekend, I feel a tinkering session approaching

 

[madrat]

Curse these middle age eye's

On closer inspection of the pictures that is a weekend

 

[Notorious131]

Should have gone to Specsavers....

 

[SteveC81]

I simply drilled a small hole and put a screw in, now when mine does it I just pull the screw.