What was found
WHEN OPENING CABIN DOOR, DOOR HANDLE WAS EXTREMELY STIFF ROTATING TO THE 10 O'CLOCK POSITION, BECAME MORE DIFFICULT TO REACH UNLATCH POINT. AFTER UNLATCHING DOOR IT TOOK A FULL 15 SECONDS FOR THE DOOR TO RELEASE & BE ABLE TO SWING OPEN. CLOSING DOOR, HANDLE ALSO DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. OPERATED DOOR SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED . STARTED APU & CYCLED DOOR SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. DOOR SEAL INFLATED & DEFLATED NORMALLY. PURGED DOOR SEAL & LINES & CLEAN & LUBED DOOR PINS & SOCKETS. CYCLED THE DOOR SEVERAL MORE TIMES WITH & WITHOUT THE APU RUNNING WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED IAW MM 52-10-04. OPS CHECKS GOOD AT THIS TIME.