I guess there is no reason you couldn't gorilla glue one of these in place: http://www.bluetoothtools.cn/en/UploadPic/200906\200906951.JPG
I've never seen one... but I have to say, I am going to look at my old broken soft top, to see if I can harvest the handle off of it and use it on my hard top...... hmmmm......
As a part-time machinist (but without seeing what you have), I'd bet something suitable could be fabricated, a better solution perhaps than JB weld.... What's wrong with just using the little allen to turn it?
nothing, that's what we've been doing all along but this is just a very small bit of evolution and ingenuity taking place, that's it nothing more and nothing less!!!...by the way JB-Weld is often used by hillbillies and rednecks to fix cracked engine blocks and they say it holds pretty good on those john deers...JB-Weld is specifically designed for metal but can be used on just about anything with a surface including smooth glass. I've never had any problems with it and I've never broke a allen wrench so I don't think there's really much that can fail but do as you wish, I will rig mine!!!
So aloushi never had a problem with it so does that make him a redneck hillbilly?
Only issue I have with those damn latches is squeaking. I fixed that yesterday with a quick wrap of electrical tape. So far so good.