An actuating device for a vehicle door lock, comprising:
- a hinged handle arranged on an outer side of a vehicle door and having two ends;
- a support connectable at an inner side of the vehicle door behind an outer sheet metal of the vehicle door, wherein the
- support comprises a bearing axle extending substantially parallel to a door plane of the vehicle door;
- a flap pivotally supported on the bearing axle, wherein the flap has two connecting points for the two ends of the handle positioned at the outer side of the vehicle door, wherein the flap and the handle connected thereto form a single component so as to pivot together;
- wherein the flap has stays in the area of the two connecting points and the stays penetrate an opening in the outer sheet metal of the vehicle door;
- wherein a first one of the connecting points is provided on the first stay and is comprised of a rotary bearing having a pivot pin and a pivot seat;
- wherein the pivot pin and the pivot seat define a pivot axis extending substantially perpendicularly to the door plane, wherein the pivot axis defines an insertion direction of an insertion movement of the pivot pin into the pivot seat;
- wherein, during the insertion movement of the pivot pin into the pivot seat, the handle is positioned in an angular position at an angle of rotation relative to a final fastening position of the handle on the flap;
- wherein the free end of the pivot pin has at least one radial projection and the pivot seat has an opening correlated with the at least one radial projection, wherein the opening is a passage for the at least one radial projection during insertion movement of the pivot pin into the pivot seat;
- wherein the pivot seat, viewed in the insertion direction, has behind the opening an inner shoulder extending transversely to the insertion direction;
- wherein the inner shoulder is engaged from behind by the at least one radial projection of the pivot pin and secures the pivot pin and the pivot seat axially non-detachably;
- wherein a second one of the connecting points is provided on the second stay and is comprised of a first part provided on the handle and a second part provided on the flap;
- wherein the handle is rotated back about a return angle from the angular position on the outer side of the vehicle door in the rotary bearing to such an extent that the first and second parts of the second connecting point are in a radially aligned position with one another;
- and wherein the first and second parts of the second connecting point are connected to one another in the radially aligned position and determine the final fastening position of the handle on the flap.