98 inside door handle replacement

[luck1]

I broke the inside door handle off on my 98 1500 pickup. How hard is this to replace? I purchased a new door handle part and am going to try to do it myself. Any tips? It has power windows, locks and mirrors.
Thanks

[Karen512]

oohh. I had the same thing happen to my 98 last year. I had it replaced at a shop though. Something about a rod that controls the handle inside the door broke or came off track. Something like that. Good luck, you should be able to figure out how to install the new handle after you take off the inside door panel.

[Jeremy-WI]

The inside one are pretty easy, usually have to drill out a pop rivet

[sniper4x4]

Originally Posted by Jeremy-WI

The inside one are pretty easy, usually have to drill out a pop rivet

Jeremy-WI, do you remember the size of this rivet ? Do you know if they're available at a store like Home Depot ? I remember seeing some large rivets back when I was installing my "Jimmy Jammerz"

The reason I'm asking is I bought 4 Escalade chrome interior handles that I want to install on my Suburban.

[Jeremy-WI]

I think it is a 1/4 inch, some people replace it with a sheet metal screw
You can probably get them at any hardware store, but you need a pop rivet tool to install them

[pickering_c]

It SUCKS! The inside one is a little easier than the outside though. It took me 3 hours to replace the outside handle the first time and then 2 more hours to fix the rod that fell off 3 years later. I would recomend letting someone else do it if you can afford to...But good luck!

[Faze2183]

the outside is hard as hell.... them shop guys replaced mine well fixed my screw up with in like 15 mins...... where it took me tryin and tryin like half the day used a whole can of wd-40, uhhh u name it ive tryed it lol

though i did my inside one and it took under like 30 mins, and i borrowed a shop friends rivet tool to re-rivet it