trev260764
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My passenger side door handle is stuck 'in'. I can pull it back out, just wondered whether a bit of WD40 through the gaps on the outside will do the job - or is it door-card off time?
Door handle stuck in
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robwright
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You have to remove the handle from the outside. You can't do it from the inside. Mine used to do this. Was the rod that connects the door hanlde to the door release that was sticking and not the handle itself. It's only one screw to undo it. There is a useful guide on Clark's site. Proper fiddly to do though.
trev260764
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Cheers Rob. It's here!!
http://www.clarks-garage.com/pdf-manual/body-12.pdf
Will have a look when all that white stuff has gone. And its warmer...
Trev
http://www.clarks-garage.com/pdf-manual/body-12.pdf
Will have a look when all that white stuff has gone. And its warmer...
Trev
Suffolk944
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Trev - had the same problem couple of months back - bit of a wiggle and WD40 cured it without anything else more drastic needing doing. Certainly worth a try !
trev260764
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Cheers Jon. Will try that first!
Jon,
Interesting to hear that yours was that problem. So was mine. As said, it's simple to take the handle off (you need to be able to open the door to do this tho') and clean it with some WD40 or similar. A bit of light oil on it isn't a bad idea either.
Good as new once done. (Although, in my case, I then had to spend 10 minutes washing the WD40 spray, with associated rubbish, off the side of the car!)
Oli.
Interesting to hear that yours was that problem. So was mine. As said, it's simple to take the handle off (you need to be able to open the door to do this tho') and clean it with some WD40 or similar. A bit of light oil on it isn't a bad idea either.
Good as new once done. (Although, in my case, I then had to spend 10 minutes washing the WD40 spray, with associated rubbish, off the side of the car!)
Oli.
Suffolk944
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Yes it was quite a relief that it was simply that Oli, especially as the thing had stuck with the door shut and locked. The prospect of removing the door card in those circumstances didn't exactly fill my heart with joy. [&:]
robwright
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Exact same thing used to happen to me. If it happens again you can a hook like tool such as an o ring remover or similar and pop it back out again. Especially used to happen when impatient people would already be trying the door handle whilst you were operating the central locking - most annoying. Patience people [
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Mrs zcacogp is quite good at pulling the passenger door handle catch at the wrong moment ... and the first time it stuck on mine was when I was unlocking it to let her in! I did blame her initially (and wrongly) ...ORIGINAL: robwright
Especially used to happen when impatient people would already be trying the door handle whilst you were operating the central locking - most annoying. Patience people [
Oli.
pauljmcnulty
Active member
I'm trying to free my passenger handle up. All the lock is working fine, central locking and internal handle. External handle has no return "springiness", and just sticks in.
I've undone the screw inside the door, as in Clarks, and the handle moves a few mill out but won't go any further. I can see it has to go forward, will it need a whck with a rubber mallet or am I missing something?
Edited to add, why the hell do people superglue the speaker into the doorcard? [][][][]
I've undone the screw inside the door, as in Clarks, and the handle moves a few mill out but won't go any further. I can see it has to go forward, will it need a whck with a rubber mallet or am I missing something?
Edited to add, why the hell do people superglue the speaker into the doorcard? [
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Sounds like you are suffering from the common malaise, which affected Jon and I and others.
Getting the handle off is as you describe - take the screw out and then wiggle (technical term there) the handle free. Apply a little force if need be, but don't go whacking it. It needs to move forwards (I think), towards the front of the car. Then it will 'unhook' from the door. BUT go carefully as it is easy to chip the paint on the door when wiggling the handle around. There is probably a lifetime of crud all over the inside which is both causing the original problem as well as making it hard to remove the handle, but persevere and you'll get there.
Oli.
Sounds like you are suffering from the common malaise, which affected Jon and I and others.
Getting the handle off is as you describe - take the screw out and then wiggle (technical term there) the handle free. Apply a little force if need be, but don't go whacking it. It needs to move forwards (I think), towards the front of the car. Then it will 'unhook' from the door. BUT go carefully as it is easy to chip the paint on the door when wiggling the handle around. There is probably a lifetime of crud all over the inside which is both causing the original problem as well as making it hard to remove the handle, but persevere and you'll get there.
Oli.
Suffolk944
Moderator
Passenger door handle malaise does seem to be spreading through the 944 population at present like some kind of automotive swine flu. Thank goodness for the wiggle cure !
DivineE
New member
There is another possibility although the fix isn't much different. When you've undone the handle and got it off you'll see the mechaism is very simple and works with two small metal 'paddles' if the paddles on the handle side become excessively worn they can push past their partner in the door and end up on the wrong side so the handle is held in. This kept happening on my 165,000mile old lux (an age many cars are getting to now) and I 'think' I was able to replace it with a golf mk2 part but I can't remember if it worked or I ended up buying a 944 part?! hmmm not much help I'm afraid as it was a long time ago but it'd be very easy to find a mk2 golf handle (must be from the same side) and try swapping the paddle bit?
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