Hi, lemme fill ya in on my problem here.
Ok, In the winter 2 of the door handles actually broke. They're both on the passenger side, and they are still attached to the door but only by the left side.
I was wondering how do i take the actual handles off without destroying them so I can see if I can weld new ones up.
Thank you for your time. Icy_Lance
There are 2 bolts on each handle on the inside of the door (you have to remove the interior door pad, one bolt is hehind a small rubber piece near the edge of the door) that when you take the off, the handle comes off. As for welding them, I wouldn't bother trying. I found the easiest way was to go to a scrap yard and get a couple new handles, as I had the same problem with my '91 Grand Prix. The handles are actually easy to find as they were used in many GM cars like Corsica's and Lumina's. Regals too, I believe.
Could not find any at the yards. Seems that mine were not the first to break. Found on ebay new and cheap.
Hmm, not bad. I never thought of ebay. I did try the dealer and they wanted over $50 Canadian per handle. How was the task of getting yours in? I had one hell of a time getting the handles to work properly. First the drivers door broke, so I got a new handle took it in and got the dealer to put the handle in. They only charged me $20, which went directly to the person who did the work, so I didn't have a problem with that, but later that night I went to open the door and the rod inside attached to the handle had knocked itself off. I spent about 2 months in the Ontario, Canada winter with the driver's window down all the time so I could still open the door from the inside lol Anyhow, I managed to figure out what I was doing wrong and got it all fixed up. I had to order a couple of new rods for the handle's as well, but they were only $8 or so, so that wasn't bad at all. It's a cheap fix, if you have the patients to do it yourself. :)
I have a 93 Grand Prix. Both sides have broken twice for me. As a matter of fact, my drivers side just broke two days ago. These handles are becoming a pain in the arse. Needless to say, I can have the door handled swapped out in about 15 minutes. This crap usually happens in the winter for me.
You shouldn't really have any problems installing.
Jon
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