door handle install

[Hockey1]

ok, ive asked this on another forum with no answer so hopefully someone here can. i need to replace the interior door handle. ive already figured out that i need to take off the door panel.
the new handle has plastic on the back that the "rods" slip into. besides small hands, is there a trick to it. i mean im gonna need a mirror and flashlight just to see the back of it. there has got to be an easier way. thanks in advance

[djfred]

umm on my YJ the handles just comes off with 2 screws
I don't know what handles you are talking


You taking about the handle you Grab to close it or the handle you pull to open it?

[Hockey1]

the handle that opens the door from the inside

[chuckp]

The plastic things that hold the rod need to be unclipped from the rod. Just fingers will work.

[Hockey1]

thanks. i ended up taking the panel off that covers the lock cylinder and door paddle. that way i could determine what rod was connected to what. then i had to break the plastic clips on the back of the old handle. from there i wiggled my hand up behind the latch to finangle the rods into the new clips.

then while i had the door apart i cleaned and lubed the lock cylinder and all the other moveable parts. it opens and closes much nicer now.

[hunterjhnstn]

man all you really needed to do was take out the torx screw in the plastic door handle and everythings right there, i just replaced mine this past weekend

[Hockey1]

what did removing only the screw do? yeah it lets you remove the handle, but only slightly. you must have had alot play in those rods, cause mine were TIGHT!

[djfred]

i had to replace mine couples weeks back passenger side and i had to take the whole door apart to replace it. The screw on the handle didn't do non just loosened it a lil but didn't come off at all