I put the hub end in a vise and gently bent the handle end about 15 degrees.
Then I put the middle of the crank in the vise and gently bent the knob back
so that its axis was parallel to the axis of the hub end.  Bought about a
quarter inch of clearance that way.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Hunter" <EVEHART33@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 9:30 AM
Subject: Window crank extenders

> I need to add window crank extenders to clear the new speaker grills on my
82
> Vanagon diesel. So far I can only find one supplier (Autotech) that
supplies
> them for $20+frt. Yesterday my FLAPS  loaned me #113 837 581EXT steel
> extenders with setscrews to see if I could make these work. They are for
the
> Beetles with the clip on type window cranks and don't have the hole and
> longer screw needed for Vanagon or Rabbit cranks and cost under $10.
Should I
> try to modify these, bite the bullet with the correct Autotech parts, or
is
> there another solution?
>
> Ken Hunter
> 82 Westy 1.9D
> 84 Jetta 1.5D