Exterior door handle Tech. The cure for the Thumb button rattle.

[Hibbing_Coronet_500]

I have a 67 Coronet with the push button door handles. I hate that door rattle and the only thing that rattles is the door thumb button.
So I bought new made in AMERICA exterior door handles. I took them out of package and shook them. They were silent! WHOOT!

Put them in, The linkage pulls the bell crank and holds open the plate that the thumb button pushes on.....

Crap!

Even though its better! By a mile.. We can do better.

I took a vacuum fitting cap that you can buy as assorted set from most auto parts stores. I used the white one. I cut the vacuum fitting cap in half or more, like a making short condom for the tip of the push rod.

All thats needed.
Take off interior door panel
Pull bell crank down,
Have helper push/ hold door button
Push on the rubber tip from a vacuum cap onto the thumb button pushrod.

Release!
Done!

[4264door]

And your door panel will never get pregnant.....

[67r/t4speeder]

Nice tip

[Hibbing_Coronet_500]

I have to say sorry.
The idea did not pass the acid test.

I repeatedly used the door handle assmbly and the rubber tip failed and fell off.
I did do some measurments and it appears you can add .050" to the button push plate.
I am going to do that next. I have steel shim stock in all thickness so that affords me the reasourses to play with this.

I cut 2, 3/8 by 1/2 by .050 shim stock and will spot weld it to the push plate.

[67r/t4speeder]

Crap!! I just took my door panels off !!!

[ws27]

Nice tip

You guys are getting a little personal!