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General Site Info => General Discussion => Topic started by: Buddy on February 28, 2011, 05:09:53 am

Title: door handle removal
Post by: Buddy on February 28, 2011, 05:09:53 am

Ok, i am about to get my truck painted and i have a deal with my paint guy that i am to strip everything off of the truck. I can't seem to figure out hoe to remove the door handle. i have the handle free from the door but there is stilll a metal rod attached that I just cant seem to get off. How do I do about this or is it best just to remove all of the guts from the door.

Title: Re: door handle removal
Post by: Grim 82 on February 28, 2011, 10:40:49 am

If I remember correctly, the last time that I stripped a door for parts, the exterior handle came off with a metal rod still attached to it, about 8" long or so. I wanna say that there was just a bend at the end of it with a plastic connector, and it was easier to take apart that connection than to remove it from the handle, but it's been a while. Don't gut the door though, just look and see if you can trace that metal rod down and disconnect it, then wiggle it out when you pull the handle off.

Title: Re: door handle removal
Post by: Captkaos on February 28, 2011, 01:09:47 pm

There is a clip in the door that holds the rod to the latch.  Generally you need a screwdriver to slip the clip up and loose to pull the rod.  On the later models there is a plastic clip that hold it.