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Old 04-11-2010, 04:47 PM
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How do you remove and install a door handle? any suggestion?
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Old 04-11-2010, 05:30 PM
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The handle is pop riveted from the factory. Those have to be drilled out. When you reattach it you can rivet it back or put bolts in it.
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Old 04-11-2010, 05:46 PM
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do i drill from the outside or inside?
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Old 04-11-2010, 06:11 PM
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you drill from the outside.
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Old 04-11-2010, 08:22 PM
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Put some tape around where you are working. Your paint will thank you. Bubba
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Old 04-11-2010, 08:33 PM
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Ok. So i broke my handle so i could dill more accurately. is there anything else?
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Old 04-11-2010, 09:37 PM
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no just drill it out and bolt on the new one.its not hard at all.10 minuet job
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Old 04-11-2010, 10:57 PM
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Yeah. Bolts make life so much easier...And don't have anyone with a short temper help you.

The rivets on my passenger side handle were horribly put on and couldn't be drilled out. As we pulled on them in vain, my dad got angry and what I was left with was a passenger side handle cut into small pieces and a big gash that went straight to the metal underneath my door.>.>
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