Door Handles Please Help
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Door Handles Please Help
I have an 87 GXL and my door handles broke both sides did on the outside they just came disconected internally and that is a real pain is this a known problem er somethin because they came disconected within a month of each other.......
Well at any rate i took the door panel off and discovered that part of the window covers one of the internal bolts to the door handle and is i beleive absolutely impossible to get to with out taking the door apart.... so any feedback on this would be apreciated greatly
Well at any rate i took the door panel off and discovered that part of the window covers one of the internal bolts to the door handle and is i beleive absolutely impossible to get to with out taking the door apart.... so any feedback on this would be apreciated greatly
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Originally Posted by bshumate2003@yahoo.com
I have an 87 GXL and my door handles broke both sides did on the outside they just came disconected internally
Originally Posted by bshumate2003@yahoo.com
Well at any rate i took the door panel off and discovered that part of the window covers one of the internal bolts to the door handle
Originally Posted by bshumate2003@yahoo.com
and is i beleive absolutely impossible to get to with out taking the door apart
P.S. - You might wanna find two handles too
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You CAN remove the handle without removing the glass. I have done it many times. The handle is held in place by two 10 mm nots from the inside. You can access one with the window up and the other with the window down. You have to keep the door panel handle and plug in for the electric windows. One of the nuts you access through a hole in the door that will have a plastic cap filling it up. Once the two nuts are loose, you need a pliers/vice grip to to unhook the rod that opens the door from the handle. Next you will need a screwdriver to remove the lock/unlock lever. Finally, if you have an alarm, you will have to unplug two plugs and thread around the track and pull the handle out. Like classicauto said, most of the time the cast iron pieces are broke and unfixable. I have tried.
You just need to lay your hands on a new handle. Transferring the locks to the new handles is a snap if you are a handy person.
Brian
You just need to lay your hands on a new handle. Transferring the locks to the new handles is a snap if you are a handy person.
Brian
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Originally Posted by Beep777
You CAN remove the handle without removing the glass. I have done it many times. The handle is held in place by two 10 mm nots from the inside. You can access one with the window up and the other with the window down. You have to keep the door panel handle and plug in for the electric windows. One of the nuts you access through a hole in the door that will have a plastic cap filling it up. Once the two nuts are loose, you need a pliers/vice grip to to unhook the rod that opens the door from the handle. Next you will need a screwdriver to remove the lock/unlock lever. Finally, if you have an alarm, you will have to unplug two plugs and thread around the track and pull the handle out. Like classicauto said, most of the time the cast iron pieces are broke and unfixable. I have tried.
You just need to lay your hands on a new handle. Transferring the locks to the new handles is a snap if you are a handy person.
Brian
You just need to lay your hands on a new handle. Transferring the locks to the new handles is a snap if you are a handy person.
Brian
To the original poster,
Disconnect the connecting rods by hand. They are pretty much just pressed in, and part of the plastic clip slides over it. You'll see exactly what I'm talking about when you look at it.
Also, removing the window is unnecessary. You will have to roll the window up or down (I think it's down) to remove/re-install one of the 10mm bolts holding the handle on. But as someone said, there's a black plastic cap you remove so you can stick your socket through, using an extension.
Aside from that, the actual harness plugs for the alarm sensors are a pain to disconnect the first time.
Swapping the lock cylinders is easy. There's a metal clip holding it in.
Have fun...or try too...
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Roll UP window, take off first bolt (furthest toward front of vehicle)... Roll DOWN window... remove plastic plug on door where second bolt would be... remove second bolt. pull handle assembly out a bit.. and use a screw driver to pop the linkages off. its really THAT easy. Throw in the new one... and pray for a color match.
ALso.. alarm wires aren't hard to unconnect. Just disconnect them on the back side of the door.. and pull them off of the ONE black securing clip on the inside of the door.. then just yank them out.
But, I'll admit.. I just did this on my parts car.. and doing stuff on a parts car is always easier because you aren't AS worried about things breaking as you are on your DD.
--Micah
ALso.. alarm wires aren't hard to unconnect. Just disconnect them on the back side of the door.. and pull them off of the ONE black securing clip on the inside of the door.. then just yank them out.
But, I'll admit.. I just did this on my parts car.. and doing stuff on a parts car is always easier because you aren't AS worried about things breaking as you are on your DD.
--Micah
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Suck to be you man. And a screw driver worked fine for the last 3 cars I've replaced door handles on..... but what do I know.
How do you recommend he takes them off? Magical fairy dust?
How do you recommend he takes them off? Magical fairy dust?
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Then maybe there was something wrong with them. But truthfully, the little orange one is easy to do with your fingers. the white one that threads around the push rod isn't as easy.. and if it popped off with your fingers, maybe there was something wrong with it in the first place?
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If you're talking about the white plastic clip that connects the locking mechanism, that can be easily undone with your finger. And considering it's 20 y/o plastic, I would go prying around with anything.
If you're talking about the alarm sensor plug, the white one is a bitch.
If you're talking about the alarm sensor plug, the white one is a bitch.
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Yeah.. definately pot metal... cast. You can tell when it snaps if you look at the snapped area. I tried the whole JB weld thing too.. that don't work... well. for long.