Y'know those fixes that you're really proud of yourself for after?

Kinja'd!!! "If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
10/25/2014 at 16:45 • Filed to: None

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I had one of those today. Inside my door handle is one of the screws that holds the door card on. The bottom of the tunnel for the screw got ripped off, so there was nothing on the card for the screw to hold onto. The whole card would flex every time you pulled the door shut.

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What I did was I found a thick neoprene washer the same size as the tunnel, and epoxied it into place, creating a new surface for the screw to hold tight against. Here's the inside of the door car which better shows what the problem was:

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DISCUSSION (3)


Kinja'd!!! Sam > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/25/2014 at 16:49

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I love these kinds of fixes! I think the appropriate term for it is 'MAAAAAAAAD'.


Kinja'd!!! Steve in Manhattan > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/25/2014 at 16:51

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Kinja'd!!! If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Sam
10/25/2014 at 16:52

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It's like, you've resigned yourself to ordering an entirely new part, and then all of a sudden some inspiration hits and you realize how simple the solution was the whole time!