Howdy All! Can any of my Studebaker friends out there help, I am in need of a exploded view of a '42 trunk handle, and have no manuals for that era. I am trying to disassemble one for a good friend for chroming, and am re-keying it for him while it is apart. The handle has a round bronze nut on the shaft that holds the handle assembly to the plate, but the locking bar that is actuated by the key is bigger than the nut, so it wont go over it for removal. I am trying to figure out how the locking bar and inner shaft assembly from the lock is disassembled to allow the nut and handle to be removed. The lock removal was simple with a pinhole for release, but that inner shaft mechanism has me stumped! Thanks in advance for any help. Tim
<div align="left">Tim Stevens Big Sky Country, Montana '59 4E7-122 Deluxe '59 4E3-112 Deluxe Scotsman '59 Silver Hawk '57 Parkview Wagon '41 Double Dater Coupe</div id="left">
<div align="left">Tim Stevens Big Sky Country, Montana '59 4E7-122 Deluxe '59 4E3-112 Deluxe Scotsman '59 Silver Hawk '57 Parkview Wagon '41 Double Dater Coupe</div id="left">
Thanks for the reply Mike. I do understand that it was cast in one piece, but there must be a way to disassemble the inner shaft assembly, as the bronze nut that threads on the shaft to hold the handle in place, must have been put on after it was cast to hold the handle to the plate. The pictures I uploaded show that the locking bar moves side to side inside the shaft by means of a cam, or teeth when turned with the key to lock and unlock the trunk. But will only turn to a point of being flush with one side or the other, and will not turn any further for removal from the shaft. There must be a trick to removing that locking bar that goes through the shaft, and thats the puzzle I am trying to solve with a exploded view, or perhaps finding someone that has done this before. Thanks...Tim
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