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Topic: What is the trick to installing the inside door handle??

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What is the trick to installing the inside door handle??

Posted: 11/10/16 7:00pm Message 1 of 6
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BillHanna
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I've managed this before, but now I just can't get the door handle to slide over the mount.  Is there a trick to getting the mechanism open in order to slide the handle over it?
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Re: What is the trick to installing the inside door handle??

Posted: 11/10/16 11:31pm Message 2 of 6
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Put the spring clip on just enough to hold it but not so far that it drops into the slots.  I suspect that it has dropped down into the slots which will prevents the handle from going on the shaft.


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Re: What is the trick to installing the inside door handle??

Posted: 11/11/16 5:21am Message 3 of 6
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Oh the door handles,  Let me see I do believe a lot of foul language would be involved, whether it helps has not yet been determined.


Re: What is the trick to installing the inside door handle??

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 Loop a coat hanger(or similar) around the door latch end, and pull outward. Then you can slide the handle on, and remove the wire/rope. Thumbs Up


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Re: What is the trick to installing the inside door handle??

Posted: 11/11/16 12:43pm Message 5 of 6
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Okay, I managed to get it on today.  I have to wonder how the factory managed some of these issues. . .
Thanks for the comments.




   

Re: What is the trick to installing the inside door handle??

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I just realized that I was thinking of the window crank, not the door handle. I remember doing it, just not how.    Wink


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