Exterior Door Handle HELPPPPPPPP!!!!!! - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Lynzmeister · 11-05-2008, 04:35 PM

I am trying to replace my exterior drivers side door panel. It snapped off last year and I have the replacement handle. The place I ordered it from said all it needs to be done is that is needs to be attached to the guts of the door lock mechanism.... Easier said than done. I tookd off the door panel but there is a big piece of sheet metal there that blocks all the parts/mechanisms and I dont know how to get to it. Please please please HELP!!!! ASAP!!!! Thanks!

Lynzie

somick · 11-05-2008, 06:43 PM

www.camrystuff.com.

Download your manual. Instructions should be there.

Sam

Dave's · 11-06-2008, 02:31 AM

It can be done- I've done it. But it would have helped to have small hands and long fingers. Be careful not to bend any of the rods. What a PITA!

Musclehulk · 11-11-2008, 08:24 PM

There Should be a hole you can stick your hand inside. You have to get a wratchet wrench with probably a 10mm size head for the bolt. You can buy these wrentches in packages for about $10 that come with all different size heads. Make sure they have the European milimeter size because a lot of these types of packages only have American sizes. The wrench that comes with is one that is set at 90 degrees so you can stick your hand in there, feel around and then put the head over the bolt and turn. That's really not that hard.

There should probably be two bolts to remove. One is right inside the hole so that should be easily accessed. The other is on the other side of the door lock so you have to reach your hand inside and feel around and then put the 90 degree 10mm wratchet head over the bolt and remove it. It is not as hard as you might think.

Then you have to remove the rod from the handle. This can be easily done by removing the tiny clip that is holding the rod. Put your finger on the outside of the clip's open side that is directly holding the rod and press hard to separate it from the rod. Once that clip is removed, you can then pull out the rod from the hole.

The lock itself also has a different type of wrap around clip that needs to be removed.