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Subject:Re: side door window knob tightening
From:Eric Wunrow
Date:Mon, 10 Oct 2016 17:49:35 -0400

Hi, Eric:

The driver looks like a piece of circular bar stock, a straight shaft in the middle that has a 90-degree bend on one end for a flathead, and another 90 on the other end, going the other direction, with a Phillips end.

Hope this helps,
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On Oct 8, 2016, at 9:57 PM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> Hi Dan,
> 
>        I�m a blind vanagon owner and list member so I need a verbal description. 
> 
> I have some screw  drivers that are  bent sort of like a alen wrench,so they can go in tight places.  The whole in the bottom of the latch is very small though.  Are you saying it is a simple screw in there I need to tighten?  Philips, flat, not a tiny allen head?  
> 
> I had tried a philips and it didn�t seem to grab anything.
> 
> Thanks for any further details.
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 85 GL Auto Westfalia 
> 
>> On Oct 8, 2016, at 7:53 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> you need a curved screw driver like this
>> 
>> https://www.amazon.com/TEKTON-2944-Offset-Screwdriver-3-Piece/dp/B000NY8OQU <https://www.amazon.com/TEKTON-2944-Offset-Screwdriver-3-Piece/dp/B000NY8OQU>
>> 
>> tighten it under the latch...
>