Window crank removal- 50 Chevy?

My dad and I have been trying to get the window cranks off of my mom's '50 hardtop so we can pull the door panels and we've run into some problems, namely we can't get the clips off. We have a couple of removal tools that you use to push the clips out with, but the cranks on the '50 seem to be a different size; the part the clip slides into is much larger in diameter than the tool is made for. The tools work on my '53 wagon, which I think should have the same cranks as all the replacement ones they sell fit '49-'57. Has anyone else run into this or does anyone have suggestions as to a way to get the damn clips off?

 

You need to have a "plier" type removal tool...with variable "TEETH" to grip the edge of the clip...it's thin and will slip into the clip area...and most GM's use a u-shaped clip...not easily "pushed" off...it needs to be pulled off...from the back side of the handle.

R-

 

Can you hack saw one of your tools to fit the clip?See if you can eyeball the differances in the width of the clip, then adjust a tool.

 

i dont have a tool so i bent a screw drive in a real tight bend so i can get behind mine and it works great use it all the time on window cranks

 

You can also use a sribe or dental tool with a right angle bend. Use this to pull one side of the U shaped clip. I should warn you though, it is very easy to lose the clip this way.

 

http://www.chevsofthe40s.com/browse.lasso?&dept=Car&cat=012C&skip=23

 

Drag a rag around both sides at the same time.

 

I ran into this problem on a '49 and did not find a solution. These handles, the removal tool you can buy pretty much anywhere does not work on. The car was broken in half, so I didn't worry about ripping into the door panels, but I couldn't find any sign of any sort of clip in there at all. You might try posting over to www.chevytalk.org to find out how they do it... I didn't have time, and let the car go to scrap handles and all.

 

I don't know if the car is the same as the truck but my 50 chevy truck has a set screw down inside behind the handle lever portion.


jerry

 

i used the rag trick on my 54

 

It's as simple as a shop rag....

Brian

 

Thats what I did.

 

I had the same trouble with my Caddy. I see how the tool is supposed to work, but the clips and the slots they fit in were slightly wider than the tools notch for getting in there.

I used the tool to catch one side of the horseshoe clip and bent it out and off by leveraging the tool's "tooth" off the edge of the crank's shaft. It took a couple tries, but I got it out. This ruined most of the clips, but new ones can be found in the "HELP" parts section at Autozone.

 

Bingo! this works great. and when you put it back on, you can put the clip first and then snap the crank back on.

 

Somebody have a '50 crank handle off the car that can post a picture of where the clip actually is, since the ones on the car we junked didn't seem to have those clips on them?

 

this has come up 3 times in the past 2 months..i cant find the link or thread..but there is a tool and for 7 bucks at autozone or murrays your in..it looks like a flat 2 prong fork..especially made for chevy's

also found at NCA..wwwnationalchevyassoc.com

 

looks like this

 

That tool doesn't work for beans, and the shop rag only worked on one side. T really thin screwdrivers with my face pressed right against the panel so I could see did the trick - although it was a long, slow, arduous, many do-overs pain in the ass "trick". If anyone REALLY figures this out, the end-all be-all of how to remove these, I'm listenin' and I'll buy you a beer AND nominate you for bad-ass of the year.

 

well that tool that i posted has worked fine for me and all the chevy's i have ever used it on..
not trying to be a smart ass or nothing like that ,, but are you sure you were using it right?
I cant even count how many times i have used that tool..and it has worked flawlessly for me time and time over..

im in michigan bring it on by and bring the beer and your award

 

Maybe the one I got was a dud

If it worked for you, that's great. Next time I'm in Michigan, I owe you a cold one ... now I just got to find my nomination forms ...

 

all i use it a right angle craftsman pick
works everytime.

 

You need to get the clip out from the "U" side as suggested. The 50 handles have a very thin slot that the tool posted by Von Rigg will not fit in. I think the slot is also blind...meaning it does not go all the way across, so you can't get the fork tool to the open side of the clip. I had bad door panels on mine and finally peeled them off over the handles and then struggled to get them off. Once they were off, I took a hack saw to the slot and widened it and opened it all the way across so I could use the tool in the future.

 

were'nt the inside cranks and handles the same 49 to 58. Other than the color of the knob ??