[tcrist]

TWOOD,
The pictures show it well. So instead of moving a lever up and down through a slot your lever rotates on a shaft which leaves little room for debris and water to get through. I wonder if a tight fitting rubber washer in the fender side would help also.

Question though on something else and maybe DV can help with this. Is the brace that runs from the door latch to the frame necessary? The body of my car seems to be very stiff there. Is there really a need for that brace?. My brace on both sides are ground down from the tire rubbing on them. The material is ground down to almost a knife edge. It could be because the guy that I bought it from raced it before taking it apart.

Thanks, Terry