My door was frozen shut from the freezing rain so after i got inside the passenger side door i climbed over to the drivers seat and tried to open the drivers door and snapped off the interior door handle.Is a new handle easy to find and is the handle hard to replace?I cant find anything that tells me how to replace an interior door handle.Thanks a lot...Al in NJ

 

http://www.thirdgenresource.com/inc/pdetail?v=1&pid=692

 

i know the handles from the grand am will also work the 80-90's iirc

 

They're easy to replace, only held in place with two pop rivets.

 

My first thought, was wow, youve never been inside your doors for a little lube/maintance,

Is this an everyday driver or a garage goodie, if It's a mint car
go to the dealer parts dept, while buying handle, pick up a
bag of plastic door panel retainers, replace them all, there cheap
and will ensure a good tight fit, also you could ask one of the tech's for a few free rivits, I never had a problem giving them out, the dealer payed for them

Now take the extra time and lube your window regulator
tracks with a little silicone grease, spray down your door latch
and linkage with wd40, run window up and down a few times
to ensure lube is distributed evenly into tracks

Inspect all parts, make sure there all tight, doors get slammed around alot,

make sure all drain holes in bottom of door are clear of dirt

 

My door handle snapped off too, the rod wears through the handle's metal after time. Or at least that's what happend to mine. Got a new one in no time along with a new dome light cover and door lock switches

 

The same thing happened to me about a week after I got in the car (this was over a year ago now). I had forgotten to unlock the door before trying to open it and it just broke off. I bought one on ebay from 1aauto for like $12 or something I'm sure you can find one at a junkyard though. It was a pretty straight forward thing, but I kind of messed up my door panel when I removed it =/ So be careful.

 

quick and easy repair, and lube the door man

 

lol Mine did that. There like ceramic or something. It was funny.

 

So i guess i need to borrows someone rivet gun huh guys.I just bought this GTA around the end of November,but i never lubed up my stuff in the door on the old car.Im gona definately do it with this GTA though when i go to replace my door handle.

 

If it has the large rivets, use a 1/4" drill bit to drill the heads off. If it has the small rivets, use a 1/8" or #30 drill bit.

 

yes and make sure the glass is all the way up when you dill the rivits, so you dont have to go back for more parts!

 

Like a window maybe??J/K

 

Just go to the Junkyard and find a handle there. then drill out the rivets holding it on. do the same to the broken one and replace with a nut and bolt.

 

same door handle as fiero also...if you cant find one i can get one localy for yah from a fiero its the same.

 

Uh ho, That sounds Hard I have the same prob, Is it hard to take the rivit out?

 

It's not hard at all. Just drill out the old rivets with the right size bit, remove old handle, get new handle, attach new handle with nuts and bolts. TaDa...your fixed.

-Derth

 

yep its as simple as that it only takes about 2 minutes once you have the replacement handle

 

Any particular size and/or length nuts and bolts you guys suggest me using???Thanks...Al in NJ

 

lol..smaller ones....whatever fits really....it helps if you use thge same size head as the rest of the interior pieces i guess...like 7 or 8 mm