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Old 11-11-2019, 06:42 PM
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I have the exact same issue with new latches and my ring brother door handles. I was gonna add a spacer to the latch pad to try to help.
Yesterday I took a small piece of steel, 1/8" thick and clamped it to the latch pad and had no issues with opening the doors on both sides. So I am going to remove the latches and tack a small piece on each door latch and be done with it.
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Old 11-21-2019, 08:54 PM
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I had to do the same thing with my '68. New door handles old latches. But works fine now.
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Old 11-22-2019, 11:59 AM
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Ditto, bend the pin on the new Ring Bros handle and new latch and worked great.
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