The image on Alistair's page looks to be from a different slider door
than my early (1984) slider door. The recess for the handle is
different. Don't know if that matters in re the bushing thing -- my
handle does have the original black bushing between the handle and the door.

Listmember Zoran Mladen has a few used older-style slider door handles
laying around, I bought one. It will be here in a week or so, I reckon.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 06/28/2014 02:01 PM, Neil N wrote:
> Quick note. There should be a (plastic?) bushing between the handle
> and door at exterior. If not present, the handle tends to crack and
> fail where it passes into the locking-opening mechanism housing. If I
> recall, Alistair posted of this on his blog. Yes. Here's an image of
> one he made and installed:
>
> https://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/sliding-door-escutcheon/img_1365/
>
> entire post: https://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/sliding-door-escutcheon/
>
> Neil.
>
> On 6/27/14, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Early version slider door, outside handle is loose, can't turn it far
>> enough to open the door.
>
>