On the front door handles, there is a small drift pin that holds the "Fork"
to the square shaft.  If you hold the handle in the installed position, it
runs from top to bottom.

Remove the pin then insert your key in the lock and slide the cylinder out.

Mike

> Hi all
> My 84 vanagon handles are looking like bare metal on the top sides so i
> pulled the handles and the wiper arms prep them for some trim paint by sem
> and wanted
> to pull the lock/tumble part. not sure how to get it our of there. on the
> early cars you had a screw on it and you could remove everything to and
> just pull the
> tumbleres. i didnt see a screw, do i just need to look harder or are they
> not removable all that easy? thanks Jonce