Cannot remove outside door handle-1980
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From: St Charles MO
Cannot remove outside door handle-1980
Well I've followed the write-ups on how to remove the outside handle, but I can't seem to get it out.
The instructions basically say to remove the rod link clip, the 2 nuts on the bottom of the handle and it should come right out....well, it wiggles around in the door(so I know it is loose), but I cannot lift it out.
Is there another clip or something holding it in?
My Hayes manual says I need to pry loose the pivot link clip....I can't seems to see anything like that.
I really don't want to pry against the door with a screwdriver to get it out.
Suggestion?
TIA
The instructions basically say to remove the rod link clip, the 2 nuts on the bottom of the handle and it should come right out....well, it wiggles around in the door(so I know it is loose), but I cannot lift it out.
Is there another clip or something holding it in?
My Hayes manual says I need to pry loose the pivot link clip....I can't seems to see anything like that.
I really don't want to pry against the door with a screwdriver to get it out.
Suggestion?
TIA
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From: Wildwood IL
These can be quite tricky. What has worked well in the passed is to bunch up an old shop rag. Use this as a pressure point for your screwdriver. It will require more force than you think. Use a sharp heavy hit on the handle to pop it loose.
lil eddie
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From: Orange Park Florida
You have to release the lock mechanism, and one or two lever/bars going to it, and slide it forward far enough to get those levers outta there....the one from the handle kind of wraps around the backside of the mechanism and won'd come out unless you drop the mechanism off the door frame....you don't have to remove it entirely...
I find it's easier/better to just not bother with the lever to mechanism clip, and when the handle pin is reinstalled, just wrap it with stiff wire to hold it in place....my old original wire wrap was there some 12 years after fixing it up north yet....just recently, which I why I know to write this note....
I find it's easier/better to just not bother with the lever to mechanism clip, and when the handle pin is reinstalled, just wrap it with stiff wire to hold it in place....my old original wire wrap was there some 12 years after fixing it up north yet....just recently, which I why I know to write this note....
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From: St Charles MO
Well the problem was the hinge pin from the handle slid down and was under the fiberglass lip of the hole....got a screwdriver up in there & managed to push it back some, then handle came right out.
