Door handle

[AveoJoe]

Hope this is not a repost but my door handle broke off of my 06 Chevy Avail it is 14 years old has anyone replace their door handle yet

[Zuiqe]

Hey man!

I am assuming this was you door handle on the outside?

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[Zuiqe]

I'll do a post for the outside door handle anyway!

I had mine brake off (driver side of my '04 hatch) earlier this year. Unfortunately I never took pictures of the job.

To replace the handle is not very difficult or time consuming and you'll only need some basic tools.

You will have to remove the interior panel of the door. Just 5 screws for me, (3 along the door jam, 1 in the door latch and 1 inside the arm rest) I'm not sure if it'll differ from trim to trim, but I have the base model. The interior panel should come off pretty easily after removing the screws.

Now if you look at the door handle from the inside you should be able to see two bolts holding it in place. I think they were 10mm bolts? Not sure though. Be careful when loosening these two as the one of them also holds the lock mechanism in place, if you are not careful the keyhole could fall inside the door and with such tight space it's not fun digging around for it!

You will also have to undo the mechanism that that pops the lock pins up. This is just a metal rod and it will just clip out of the back of the door handle. Maybe try a take a video to make sure which side you need to push it towards? I can't remember to which side. I had to push quite hard on mine for it to eventually release.

After the bolts and the lock pin mechanism have been undone, the handle should be pretty loose. It has a tab at the bottom (on the inside) that keeps the handle from falling out. I just used a prying tool pop it out. That's it!

Installing the new door handle would just be the reverse of this.

Hope this helps.



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