stupid door handles

[White93z34]

I have one of the doorman handles from rockauto on my z34 right now. aside of the finish being less then stellar its held up fine for 2 years now I had to use a dremel tool to open the lock cyl area up to fit the lighted keyring but that was the extent of the fitment issues I've had from it.

[Rocketman]

I could work on it a bit to make them a little easier to make & install, however it might require a bit of filing or grinding on the housing to fit. Would you folks be interested in doing self-installs? I'm not really interested in fitting these myself, having to do a core program, etc - would not be wallet friendly





I'm moving into a small shop soon, I won't be able to do much until then though.

[94 olds vert]

I'm definetly interested in a set, because that would eliminate the handle from ever breaking again. I'm a little curious on how to remove and then install the new handle.

[Rocketman]

There's a little die cast backing plate under the handle portion that covers up where the handle passes through, it's pinned into place. These pins need ground off & plate removed

The lock assembly needs to be removed but that's only held in by a torx screw

Then the main pivot pin is gnurled on one side, this needs ground down & gently driven out. Old handle comes out, new handle can go in, it's a little tricky but it goes. I'll see about replacing the pivot pin with a small shoulder bolt, that would probably work a little better than the stock pin.

On my handle I re-used the stock pin and secured it with industrial superglue, it should never come apart. JB weld would work really well too

I also glued the backing plate back in place, there's not much else you could do to re-secure it

[GaPrix]

Where is the breaking point on these, now that I can see inside the handle?

[94 olds vert]

They like to break around the sides of the lock cylinder. I've broken several door handles before on my CS. The ones on my 91 GP are originals.

[Rocketman]

Where is the breaking point on these, now that I can see inside the handle?

Mine broke right here:



I think that's where most of them break.

[brake]

That would be easy to install. I'd definitely buy just the aluminum handle pieces themselves. That's all that breaks anyway, the rest of the housing/internals are still useable. Getting that little nurled pin out would be the hardest part.