To those who have replaced inner door handles...

[pektel]

Did the geniuses at Ford install the rivets so that the bolt part points towards the interior? I really don't want to take off the inside support of the door to get to the right side to drill these rivets out. I wish I had a grinder.

 

[BlackLS06]

wow...if so thats a fail.

 

[pektel]

Yep. suuuuuuuucks. Nothing goes smoothly for me lol.

 

[Lincoln Luebbe]

Did you try the window yet?

 

[pektel]

Not yet. But i did see a chunk of the clip in the bottom of the door.

 

[Lincoln Luebbe]

Oh, wow...

Well maybe that track actually did break and it isn't the piece that popped out of mine. Superglue maybe? Depending on the size of the chunk?

Keep me posted.

 

[cammerfe]

Just drill 'em out and pop-rivet 'em back. No problem since done 3 years ago.

KS

 

[pektel]

See, the problem Ken, is there is no good point to start drilling. Unless I want to drill along side of that post.

 

[pektel]

Which I just did. And with enough finagling (and a super cramped hand), I got them out. Now to the hardware store.

 

[FASTLLS]

Sounds fun.. lol

 

[LS4me]

Which I just did. And with enough finagling (and a super cramped hand), I got them out. Now to the hardware store.

You'll either need to use a bolt and nut or get an industrial strength rivet gun. IIRC, the rivet is like a half-inch!

 

[pektel]

You'll either need to use a bolt and nut or get an industrial strength rivet gun. IIRC, the rivet is like a half-inch!

Nut/bolt/lockwasher is my plan. and maybe some loctite.

 

[Dan Ro]

I just did mine last friday. It was sort of a pain but doable, just drilled the crap out of them and popped them out with a hammer. I replaced with bolt, nut and lock washer. To reach in from behind I removed the speaker.