Inside door handle

[6sp Tweety Bird]

I joined the club of the broken inside door handle and researched all the info in this forum. I thought the price to fix it a little steep, so off to the local ACE hardware store. I bought a couple of "L" brackets, and couple of flat head machine screws and nuts. Then back home for a couple of hours of fun. I fabricated two metal pivot brackets for the handle and secured to the plastic backing. A little effort to align the hinge pin through the old bracket, new metal bracket, through the handle spring and out the other side, securing with the E clip. Snapped all back together and wow - a working inside door handle again. Total price about $10.00, half of which was a little lock tite _ didn't want to have to do it all over again. Beer Thirty!

[YellowDZH]

Originally Posted by 6sp Tweety Bird

I joined the club of the broken inside door handle and researched all the info in this forum. I thought the price to fix it a little steep, so off to the local ACE hardware store. I bought a couple of "L" brackets, and couple of flat head machine screws and nuts. Then back home for a couple of hours of fun. I fabricated two metal pivot brackets for the handle and secured to the plastic backing. A little effort to align the hinge pin through the old bracket, new metal bracket, through the handle spring and out the other side, securing with the E clip. Snapped all back together and wow - a working inside door handle again. Total price about $10.00, half of which was a little lock tite _ didn't want to have to do it all over again. Beer Thirty!

Way to go, now tell me you did not take any pictures of this modification so the rest of us can learn from your skills. . OH NO!!!!!

[Slingshot Lou]

Yes we need pictures anytime someone comes up with a better fix we need to know.

[6sp Tweety Bird]

Sorry I didn't take pics - I'll try to reconstruct and post a better description. And a day later, handle still works.

[Meg in Carolina]

Let's hear it for the Tweety Bird for finding a better way