Door handle to latch lever

[Mopar5]

Just wanted to see if anyone has run into this before. There appears to be a rubber bushing that actuates the lever that  releases the door latch when the exterior handle is pulled This one is worn so it cant trip the lever . I was thinking about just replacing it with a section of fuel hose. Thank you in advance I will get a couple pics

[Mopar5]

 Here are a few

[anlauto]

Adjust the door handle using the adjustment screw

[Mopar5]

I'm searching for the mysterious adjustment screw

[anlauto]

The adjustment screw is right beside your pen, loosen it and adjust it so the lever hits your rubber part earlier.

[Mopar5]

The adjustment screw is right beside your pen, loosen it and adjust it so the lever hits your rubber part earlier.

Tell me ,Is there anything you don't know about Mopars? I would not have found that. Thank you

[anlauto]

The adjustment screw is right beside your pen, loosen it and adjust it so the lever hits your rubber part earlier.

Tell me ,Is there anything you don't know about Mopars? I would not have found that. Thank you

I come here to help people when I can, but I've also learned many, many things here as well. There are some very knowledgeable people on here.

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[Mopar5]

Looks a lot better after a soak in degreaser

[anlauto]

Looks a lot better after a soak in degreaser

Wow, that looks real clean, what product did you soak that in ?

[Mopar5]

I mixed up 1 laundry soap pod and about 1/4 cup dish soap in a gallon of hot water let soak over night came out very clean then I put it in evapo rust for a few hours which is a product I really like .I try to do most of my de greasing without solvents If I can .Cant always do that though I've gotten away from acid for de rusting like in this case acid would have removed all the galvanize and beneficial plating. Evapo rust doesn't harm plating.

[Mopar5]

Specifically

[Mopar5]

I am going to post a pic of this latch for the benefit of a future searcher because it provides a clear picture of the lock rod attachment points most of the pictures I found were installed in the car and not super clear I believe green is handle to latch red is key cylinder rod black is inner door lock toggle and remaining hole takes a metal clip and goes to inner door handle

[dodj]

Adjust the door handle using the adjustment screw

The adjustment screw is right beside your pen, loosen it and adjust it so the lever hits your rubber part earlier.

Another thing learned. Thanks Mopar5 and Allan. 

[Jay Bee]

I love reference pictures. Here's my contribution, the metal clip that Mopar5 referred to.

[anlauto]

Pictures for Kevin, forgive me, but it's really hard to explain