Door handle help

[derian06]

I recently took off all of my door handles to paint them, and I finally got them all back on. Then one of my friends yanked on the handle pretty hard and it lost the latch that allows it to open. I thought it was no big deal, but then I went to open it from the outside without the handle on, and there was no latch, just a spring and a piece of metal that felt as though it was free floating. It can still open from the inside, but I have no idea what happened to the lever that the door handle catches.

 

[Hunner]

It's hanging down inside the door.
You will have to pull the door panel.

Get help or go buy some panel tools so you Maybe won't break any plastic pins.

Did the short end of the handle break and allow the knurled nut in there to fall out?

I have had to replace my rear swinging door end handles twice.

 

[derian06]

It's hanging down inside the door.
You will have to pull the door panel.

Get help or go buy some panel tools so you Maybe won't break any plastic pins.

Did the short end of the handle break and allow the knurled nut in there to fall out?

I have had to replace my rear swinging door end handles twice.

I actually lost the smaller part and was waiting on a replacement. I'll take off the panel some time soon.

 

[rsc]

If you can still open it from inside, all is good. Not easy, but not the worst yet either. Eventually the parts will come apart inside and thats when you need 3 girly hands to get it all fixed up again. Have fun, there have a couple of threads on our own misfortune and adventures.