| DIY: How To Replace The Exterior, Front Door Handle On A 1993 Toyota Camry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This is another DIY job sent in by a reader. It shows, step by step, how to remove the door panel and then the outside door handle for replacement. Since all door panels come of in a similar fashion, it will be of help to anyone removing a door panel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Once those bolts are loose, the door handle should move around. It is now held on by one more bolt and a rod. Here is a picture from the outside, with the handle removed, of the lock and the rod still inside the door:
Below is a picture of the other item, (what is it?) (Door Key Lock and Unlock Switch. V.C.) that is still held on by that last bolt. You can probably remove both the last bolt and the rod from the outside by wiggling the door handle around a bit. Before you remove the last bolt, however, take a really good look at how that "what is it" piece is attached to the handle, because I don't have a picture of it.
You should now have managed to remove the old door handle. Fit the new door handle into place. I was not able to attach any of the pieces to it until I had it in place, but if you can attach the rod and the "what is it" from the outside, go for it. Then I attached the two lock bolts first, 1 & 2 in the picture below, by using a bit of that tar stuff to stick them onto the ratchet tool, chewing gum would work also! I had to work bolt #1 with my fingers to get it threaded correctly. I then attached to bolt #4 which was easiest to get to and tightened all 3 as well as I could using the ratchet tool.
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© 2004 Louise Holzhauer
