Optimal Door handles don't fit

Hi folks,

Has anyone fitted the aluminium door handles from Optimal?

There is a 19mm brass nut on the back of the lock cylinder that is a fraction too big to fit through the oval cut out section of the door panel. The black gasket is the same profile as the cut out section, so demonstrates how the brass nut doesn't fit.
I could just file or grind the cut out hole by a couple of mm, but am wary of cutting through the paint and galvinised surface and creating a future corrosion spot. If I end up grinding it out, of course I would paint it over to protect the bare metal.



I'm fitting them to a 2010 110 XS

They are clearly a quality bit of kit, so I'm surprised they don't seem to be a direct fit. Has anyone else come across this problem and found another solution?

Have searched about, can't see any thread already covering this so apologies of it has been mentioned before.

Grateful for anyone's experience.
Cheers
Matt

Well, I've just spoken to Optimal, they pointed out I need to remove the lock cylinder, fit the handle, then reinsert the cylinder.

Might be a bit fiddly to refit the lock cylinder from the inside, but at least I didn't start hacking away at the door panel!

Thanks for the update Matt. I was thinking of a simmilar upgrade so this is usefull info.

A bit late to this post but I was going to say that I have had Optimill handles for years now (and have also swopped them from my old doors to the new galvanised ones) and never had any fitting problems. I then read it again and realised that you hadn't removed the nut!
Glad it is sorted.

Litch said:

A bit late to this post but I was going to say that I have had Optimill handles for years now (and have also swopped them from my old doors to the new galvanised ones) and never had any fitting problems. I then read it again and realised that you hadn't removed the nut!
Glad it is sorted.

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Cheers Litch,
I'm not the practical kind, I expect there will be plenty more opportunities to make myself look like a bit of a Wally!