FD Exterior door handles

[JasonC]

Are these prone to snapping? I noticed the other day that my passenger door handle was a bit stiff whilst trying to open it, worried that it would break off in my hand! Maybe some WD might do the trick?

[Nik da Greek]

Yes, they are prone to snapping. WD might help, but ideally you wanna get in from behind (oooer) to free up the mechanism properly. There are alloy ones some guy in the States does, but they ain\'t cheap!

[JasonC]

Cheers, i\'ll give that a go and start fishing about for a spare for the inevitable then!

[MaLicE]

right im confused, my fd has metal exterior handles? even the bit you pull is metal?

[Nik da Greek]

I\'m sure mine are plastic. Gonna have to go and have a look now....

[Nik da Greek]

....yep, deffo placcy!

[GhostWKD]

Pretty sure mine are plastic too...

[Jono FD3]

Think the later cars are plastic, but I know most of them are cast alloy.... they normaly break during the winter in the cold weather What I have found is that the handle returnes too far & it\'s on the wrong side of the cam so to speak.... if you lift the handle you will see a small drilling in the back plate, if you can put a rubber spacer in that, it acts as a stopper for the handle and allows it to move freely spacer needs to be about 3mm IIRC??

Jono

Jono

[Nik da Greek]

Think the later cars are plastic, but I know most of them are cast alloy....

mine\'s a \'92?

[RobMatthews]

as jono said there is supposed to be a small rubber \'bump stop\' to stop it going in to far,and breaking

[rx-dave]

I broke mine this week and it was a cast one, i forgot i\'d locked it :mad:.  I obviously don\'t know my own strength!

[Jono FD3]

mine\'s a \'92?

Could be a randome thing then, as mine is a 92 & has cast alloy ones :rolleyes:

Jono

[Mark Ide]

I thought that the bit you pulled was always plastic (although the surround is metal), and the reason they fail (well for me anyway this weekend, as I discovered after I fitted the new one yesterday) was that the plastic arm wears away so that it doesn\'t engage the metal spring loaded arm which then pulls the lever which goes down itno the door to work the lock (Phew!)

so, I saw these the other day and wondered if anyone had had experience with the handles or the supplier, seems like an excellent idea................
http://www.rx7doorhandles.com/

Regards and nearly Seasonal Greetings
Mark

[MaLicE]

nope mine is full metal the bit you pull and the surround.

[Nik da Greek]

http://www.rx7doorhandles.com/

That\'s the guy I was thinking of, who I mentioned in my first post!

nope mine is full metal the bit you pull and the surround.

Hate you! :p :Giggle Feel inadequate about my feeble placcy effort now