Fred,
Craig Smith was on the list a couple of weeks ago asking about this part. I
had one break about a year ago - the big UK suppliers (Moss and Rimmers) do
not stock these, only the complete handles as you describe. However, TRGB
(smallish outfit near Cambridge) had them in stock - and they were metal, not
plastic. I have no idea what their source for these parts was.
They were not perfect - the hole in the end was a little too small for the
roll-pin, and I broke one in the effort of trying to drill the hole bigger
(very soft metal), but it is now installed and has worked fine.
So, I guess the market must exist, if I've needed one recently, so has Craig,
and I guess you too since you have gone to this trouble. Looking at TRGBs
downloadable pricing software, I THINK the relevant parts are 520260 (RH) and
520261 (LH), in which case their prices are 5.95 and 3.95 GB pounds
respectively - no idea why they should be different. This could be wrong, as
descriptions in their software are brief and therefore not very definitive.
If you want, I could delve through my pile of old receipts to see if I can
confirm the part numbers/prices, I keep just about all receipts for every part
I buy.
I'm sorry you have gone to so much trouble to produce these things - I did copy
my reply to the list, saying that I had bought them successfully. However, if
no-one in the US or Canada sells them, that is still a ready market for you,
people should find you easier than ordering them from the UK - and indeed,
most people would never track them down from TRGB, they are too small an
outfit for many people outside Cambridgeshire to know about (at least if I
hadn't mentioned that they sell them to all on this list - sorry!). Also, I
know that TRGB had them about 1 1/2 years ago - whether they still do who
knows?
Richard and Daffy
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