Well, my drivers side door handle is broken, and i herd someone say its usually this little plastic peace that breaks, I went to the junk yard today, and got what was left of this rx7, I got this piece, and im wondering if this is the piece that ususally breaks before i go yankin my door pannel off. Thanks

 

yes it is.

 

That is not usually the piece. What I have come to read about and actually experiece myself is that the metal actually fractures and then breaks on the handle itself. Here is a picture... Door handle

 

i was havin trouble with my door locks and it turned out the clip had jus come off and wasnt actually busted so it jus took couple min too get the panel off then a couple min cliping the thing back together

 

Yep the metal piece for me. Had to get a new door handle.

 

I went ahead and and took it off, it turned out to be the hinge on the handle broke, It seemed to be made of plastic...

 

The door handle is made out of cast aluminum.


-Ted

 

hmm, wonder how it got so weak that it woudl crackkk

 

It's a piece of junk.
Mazda got caught up with trying to drop the weight of the car, a lot of parts are made of aluminum.
Non-imporant parts like the door handle is aluminum, but because of increased cost trying to make a billet part, they went with a cheapie cast piece of junk.
This is why Mazda isn't up the same quality level as Honda and Toyota.



-Ted

 

gotcha

 

Its not a piece of junk. They just didnt have neough time to perfect it.

Because the head engineer only had 2 weeks to drop 150 lbs ( or something like that not sure) from the original desing or else would of been taxed as gas guzzler. And after getting all the engineers for each specific part they got rid of around 400 lbs. ( from 3150 lbs to 2650 lbs 1986 gxl ).

So please dont call it a piece of junk. Yes they do crack. Yes there 20 years old.

 

Yeah, that makes a lot more sence to me..

 

Let me change that then...
Their engineers SUCK.
You see "small miracles" like this done almost everyday in Formula 1.


Have you ever seen a Camaro door handle crack?
Yes, they can be up to 30+ years old!
Why?  Cause they are steel.
Age has nothing to do with it.
Oh, last time I checked, the first FC was made in 1985 - they haven't hit 20 years yet.


-Ted

 

*steps ten feet back* ahh hey, one of those