What's up with my door handle?
11-12-2002, 08:57 PM
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What's up with my door handle?
I have an 87 coupe. Well when I got the car, the door handle seemed to stick up after opening for like a second. Then it would fall on it's own. Well starting yesturday, it started staying up (as if someone where holding the door open.) Problem.... As I drive off the door SWINGS open. (Scared the living S**t out of me tonight as I was turning hard right out of the drive way and hadn't put on my seat belt yet. lol
A couple of weeks ago the inside handle broke. I finally got to the junk yard and replaced it. Is this a sign that I'm gonna have to replace my outer door or do I just need to lube or clean it?
Any help will be loved. Thanks a lot in advance.
XX
A couple of weeks ago the inside handle broke. I finally got to the junk yard and replaced it. Is this a sign that I'm gonna have to replace my outer door or do I just need to lube or clean it?
Any help will be loved. Thanks a lot in advance.
XX
11-12-2002, 11:53 PM
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Re: What's up with my door handle?
clean and lube...
as the weather gets colder, the old grease tends to not lubricate as well.
http://zbum.nissanpower.com
as the weather gets colder, the old grease tends to not lubricate as well.
http://zbum.nissanpower.com
11-18-2002, 01:45 PM
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Re: What's up with my door handle?
My door handle on my 84z n/a sticks up sometimes too all i do is just push it back down. I am going to lube it up though. haha just thought that i would let you know that i think it is pretty common.
daniel schoenwald
84 300zx n/a
daniel schoenwald
84 300zx n/a
11-18-2002, 10:52 PM
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Re: What's up with my door handle?
Thanks again. It common, but it's my first time.. And I've owned 4 z31s in the past. So caght me off gaurd. Specially when I took off the the door opened. I like to look down at the ground but usually am on prepared for that site while on my bike. haha
11-20-2002, 10:33 PM
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Re: What's up with my door handle?
Actually "fell" out of my first ZX at about 40 mph. I would reccomend the bike as a safer approach to looking at the ground while moving..........lol
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11-23-2002, 11:06 PM
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Re: What's up with my door handle?
On my 86 300zx the inside door handle was slightly stiff, and I felt it was going to break at anytime, sure enough last friday it stopped working from the inside.
I pulled the door panel off today and had a look, the little white plastic clip that holds the rod against the door was broken, of course the dealer doesnt have one, but they will order it for me, fortunately it's only $1.28 to get a new one.
But in the meantime I've just used a plastic zip tie to hold it ontop of the broken piece of whats left and it works fine.
In any event, dont just lube the door handle from the outside, but rather pull the door panel and grease up all the moving parts inside. Mine was pretty dry in there where the outside door handle rod connects up with the sliding inside door clip rod.
I pulled the door panel off today and had a look, the little white plastic clip that holds the rod against the door was broken, of course the dealer doesnt have one, but they will order it for me, fortunately it's only $1.28 to get a new one.
But in the meantime I've just used a plastic zip tie to hold it ontop of the broken piece of whats left and it works fine.
In any event, dont just lube the door handle from the outside, but rather pull the door panel and grease up all the moving parts inside. Mine was pretty dry in there where the outside door handle rod connects up with the sliding inside door clip rod.
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