Exterior door handle snap off

Post by **deleted** » 28 Dec 2005 02:52 am

Anyones door handles ever snap off these car.

Mine snapped off about 4 months ago, ive been to the wreckers and half of theres have snapped off too!!
This makes getting into my car a bit of a pain. It is the driverside doorhandle that has snapped off.

Does anyone know whats involved in replacing this, i think i have a good idea, but im unsure whether i can keep my 'lock' and place that on the new door handle i salvage etc.

Ill grab some pics so you know what i mean.

P:)

Post by **340GLT** » 28 Dec 2005 10:51 am

Yeh they break off in extreme case, usually the springs snap so the handle just flaps about like mine did!!
TBH they are a real PITA to swap as they are really awkward more tan anything else. Espaecially if you want to swap the lock barrel over. I would recoomend getting one from a scrap car and looking to how it comes out!!
So if you get one from a scrap car dont try and fit it within an hour try it firat thing in a morning so you can have a good few hours on it if needs be.
Cheers Adam

Post by **Cornholio** » 28 Dec 2005 10:57 am

deleted wrote:Anyones door handles ever snap off these car.

Happened on Affie. I got round that one quite easily - I scrapped the car and bought a new one.

Erm, ok, the snapped handle wasn't the real reason that the car was scrapped. I wouldn't recommend that remedy to anyone else...

Post by **SoLaMaNdA** » 28 Dec 2005 01:09 pm

I had this on my old car. Used super glue and an activator to repair. With care it would last a month before needing to be reglued.

Post by MJ » 28 Dec 2005 06:08 pm

The black plastic surround on mine seems to pull a few mm away from the body if the key catches in the lock, which is a bit worrying...

Post by **classicswede** » 28 Dec 2005 07:21 pm

The 200's do the same.
I thing I have a spare one about. I'll need to look.
You may be best getting one from a srapper so you can find out how to get it off with no damage.

Post by **daffodil** » 29 Dec 2005 12:12 am

hi i have got some second hand 1s in stock and you can use your origenal lock
they are a bit fidely to do though
you should be able to do the whole job in an hour.....good luck

Post by **foggyjames** » 29 Dec 2005 04:15 am

Yes, this is a fault that I'm amazed no-one has mentioned before. We had a brand new one fail @ 14 months old.

I think the car has probably had 5 replacements in the time we've had it. Wierdly, my current one has been on the car for years now, so I think Dad must have been rough on the handles for some reason.

Funny you mention that Dai, I've only just done one on a 240!

cheers

James

Post by **aukki** » 29 Dec 2005 08:35 am

deleted wrote:Anyones door handles ever snap off these car.

Ill grab some pics so you know what i mean.

P:)

Please show some pics about it.

Post by **redline** » 29 Dec 2005 11:01 am

you could always convert the car to left hand drive which will reduce the wear on the offside door handle

!!! ( I'll get my coat )

Post by **classicswede** » 29 Dec 2005 12:21 pm

On a 240 you replace the front ones with rear ones as they have had less use. Would mean no locks on a 3 though

Post by **SoLaMaNdA** » 29 Dec 2005 01:01 pm

Even though I've had one snap; the feel of a nice firm metal handle is much nicer than plastic used on most other cars.

Post by **340GLT** » 29 Dec 2005 11:09 pm

If you wanna be really trick convert the car to remote locking and use rear handles they are easily modified!!! As i have a delocked passenger door and as i have remote locking i could delock drivers door, but havent purely because if the remotes die i cant get in!!!!
Cheers Adam

Post by MJ » 31 Dec 2005 01:35 pm

Yeah a metal handle is nice, but I kept getting static shocks back in the summer, and a bit of plastic may have been better

Post by **deleted** » 02 Jan 2006 05:34 am

finally here is a pic

the last 4 months ive been opening the door by using a key under the last remaining bit on the left and levering it up.

gotten quite good at it :)

At first it cracked on the right hand side, i kept using it for a month or two, gradually it got worse, untill it snapped off the left too.

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