im having trouble taking off the rear exterior door handles. The front i have no problem as there is ample room but the rears are nearly impossible to get to. is there any trick to getting em off? im installing new ones.

 

The rears are a *****, you have any gear wrenches with pivoting heads?

 

for the rear bolt that you cant reach by hand you have to remove the child lock plastic/rubber grommet and stick a long socket through the hole so you can get that rear bolt

also i loosened the interior handle assembly.. just unscrew the screws securing it to the door frame so you can loosen the exterior door handle more easy..

its possible just a huge biiatch.. best of luck to ya

 

your door handles that your are scraping..? are they black handles in a black casing?? i'll take the passenger handle off your hands if they are black on black.. the passenger one is the ONLY handle i'm missing...

 

The easiset way it to remove the main window. Remove the bar that seperates the main window and smaller window. The smaller window will then come out. Then remove the door latch. Everything will be out of the way to then remove the door handle.

 

unfortunately i dont have any pivoting ratchet heads. okay ill try taking out the small window, child safety switch cover, and doorlatch. by door latch you mean the one held in by 3 screws on the far right of the door right? it wont fall off into the depths of the door will it?

midnight0045- yes its completely black. i'll let you know if i decide to let em go when i take em off.

 

correct the interior door handle on the right of the door... it wont fall.. you have to loosen it either way to get the small metal pin hook (part of the interior door handle assembly) off of the exterior door handle assembly .. whew! its pretty easy .. dont fuss with the window.. trust me its been done without budging that.. so yes! please get back to me about that one black handle that would be wonderful.. thanks

 

not the interior door handle, the latch which holds the door shut on the passenger rear door. should i take that off?

 

i loosened that too as well.. that just has the 2 or 3 screws holding it to the frame right?.. yea loosen that and the handle assembly

pm me if you are electing to scrap your handles... the front passenger side... thats the winner for me.. thanks

 

i might be misunderstanding, but if you just want to remove the handle you do not have to take out the whole latch assembly. just disconnect the metal rods (don't know the official name) via the palstic clips where the rods and the hanle connect.