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LookForward
Posted 2014-04-13 5:30 PM (#435878)
Subject: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons



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The black plastic spacers that go behind the window cranks on my '61 are all cracked and broken. Does anyone know of a source for these?
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miquelonbrad
Posted 2014-04-14 8:46 AM (#435966 - in reply to #435878)
Subject: Re: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons



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Mine are too...But I found that the G*#M ones are roughly the same size, and are metal, so I am using them.
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Posted 2014-04-14 10:43 AM (#435973 - in reply to #435966)
Subject: Re: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons



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Better than nothing! What specific kinda Gee Yam were they supposed to be for?
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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-14 8:21 PM (#436104 - in reply to #435973)
Subject: Re: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons



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Years ago, I made some of them using the bottoms of (empty-) beer cans.

Before cutting their diameter to the proper size, I glued 4 quarters together and tapped them to create the correct shoulder section shape of the OEM guys.

Once their center shoulders were correctly shaped, I drilled out the middle area to create the OEM crank-arm hole, and then trimmed their edges to the proper diameter.

These spacers are hidden from view when the crank arms are installed, they fully protect the trim panels from the action of the cranks being rotated, and they are essentially break-proof.

A good way to recycle beer cans, too, but try to find/use thick bottomed aluminum cans.





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miquelonbrad
Posted 2014-04-14 9:12 PM (#436117 - in reply to #435973)
Subject: Re: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons



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LookForward - 2014-04-14 8:43 AM

Better than nothing! What specific kinda Gee Yam were they supposed to be for?


1958 Cadillac...I have a "small" amount of those parts here...
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miquelonbrad
Posted 2014-04-14 9:14 PM (#436118 - in reply to #436104)
Subject: Re: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons



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d500neil - 2014-04-14 6:21 PM

Years ago, I made some of them using the bottoms of (empty-) beer cans.

Before cutting their diameter to the proper size, I glued 4 quarters together and tapped them to create the correct shoulder section shape of the OEM guys.

Once their center shoulders were correctly shaped, I drilled out the middle area to create the OEM crank-arm hole, and then trimmed their edges to the proper diameter.

These spacers are hidden from view when the crank arms are installed, they fully protect the trim panels from the action of the cranks being rotated, and they are essentially break-proof.

A good way to recycle beer cans, too, but try to find/use thick bottomed aluminum cans.





LOL!!! Will I get pulled over for drinking and driving?
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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-15 1:28 AM (#436148 - in reply to #436118)
Subject: Re: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons



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But, ossifer, I was jist tryin to reestur mah cah, heah....
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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-15 4:59 PM (#436243 - in reply to #435878)
Subject: RE: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons



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Well, shoot; kinda bummed.

I know that I have a METAL OEM-type crank-spacer/washer, but can't find it, so gotta believe that its installed on H., right now (and where-else SHOULD it be?).

Here's some shots of my spare-unused spacers.

First two show how two (not '4', as earlier mentioned) quarters can be used as a buck to form the central area of your donor-beer-can spacer material.

This guy was a prototype; its central hole is too large.

The next pic shows a finished product, but the aluminum was hammered too thin, and a cracking developed on
its working flange area.

Oh well, time to sacrifice another brew...

The next pic shows an aluminum spacer that wore out; you can see how the crank base 'worked' against its perimeter-flange.

Final pic shows this same spacer, along with a similarly worn-out OEM spacer, and a spare OEM plastic one.

These spacers serve a good purpose, and are very necessary, to protect the trim panels from the crank arms, but once they are installed, they work completely invisibly.




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Posted 2014-04-15 5:28 PM (#436252 - in reply to #435878)
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Those look a lot like the plastic ones GM used for years. Esp the top one.
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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-15 5:37 PM (#436254 - in reply to #436252)
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...Which it may well be..lololol...



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Posted 2014-04-15 11:57 PM (#436311 - in reply to #436254)
Subject: Re: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons


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The plastic spacers under the door handles were usually in much better shape than those under the window cranks. When I ran out, I used to just exchange them.
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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-16 1:35 AM (#436323 - in reply to #436311)
Subject: Re: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons



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Posted 2014-04-16 2:00 AM (#436333 - in reply to #436323)
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Posted 2014-04-16 2:00 AM (#436334 - in reply to #436323)
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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-16 3:13 AM (#436345 - in reply to #436334)
Subject: Re: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons



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You can say that again (too)...but seriously, you'll have to do a lot of research to find the bottom of the beer can
that best serves your project needs.


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Posted 2014-04-16 4:12 AM (#436350 - in reply to #435878)
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Posted 2014-04-17 1:24 PM (#436583 - in reply to #435878)
Subject: RE: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons



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LookForward
Posted 2014-04-18 9:22 AM (#436684 - in reply to #435878)
Subject: RE: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons



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This is the piece I'm talking about, they're very much visible when installed behind the crank:

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d500neil
Posted 2014-04-28 8:54 PM (#438374 - in reply to #435878)
Subject: Re: Window crank spacers/washers/escutcheons



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http://www.ebay.com/itm/58-59-60-61-62-63-69-GM-Door-Panel-Upholste...
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I've never seen that piece, before.

Can you post a pic showing how that guy looks, with the window crank, as it would appear, installed on a door panel?




Edited by d500neil 2014-04-28 8:57 PM
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