?s about door handles.

Stampede · 05-27-2001, 05:10 PM

It seems that alot of the 87-93 door handles break, I have 86 with 154'000 miles. The seat is wearing out, and the bottom of the doors are starting to bubble through with rust in a couple of places, but the door handles seem to be fine.
What happens to the 87-93 door handles, what breaks on them.
Stampede.

DaveR_GT · 05-27-2001, 05:49 PM

The lever that is inside the door and hooks on the rod that comes up from the latch. When it breaks it still looks find from the outside, it's underneath - inside where it breaks. At least that is what happened to mine.

The plastic I think gets brittle over time and all it takes is someone to pull a little too hard on it and 'tink!'.

The aftermarket ones I got are metal so I think they should hold up better.

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JD93GT · 05-27-2001, 06:35 PM

Or if you are driving along a country road in virginia and a deer comes running out of the woods and impales itself on the side of your car, leaving hair, blood, and dents behind, and taking with it the driver's side door handle. But guess is that probably isnt the cause of most people's door handle problems...

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05-27-2001, 05:10 PM	#1
Stampede Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: oh Posts: 93	?s about door handles. It seems that alot of the 87-93 door handles break, I have 86 with 154'000 miles. The seat is wearing out, and the bottom of the doors are starting to bubble through with rust in a couple of places, but the door handles seem to be fine. What happens to the 87-93 door handles, what breaks on them. Stampede.

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05-27-2001, 05:49 PM	#2
DaveR_GT Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: W. Springfield, PA Posts: 65	The lever that is inside the door and hooks on the rod that comes up from the latch. When it breaks it still looks find from the outside, it's underneath - inside where it breaks. At least that is what happened to mine. The plastic I think gets brittle over time and all it takes is someone to pull a little too hard on it and 'tink!'. The aftermarket ones I got are metal so I think they should hold up better. ------------------ '92 GT conv. TFS heads, GT40, Powerdyne 9#, AOD, 3.73 My Mustang Page

05-27-2001, 06:35 PM	#3
JD93GT Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: San Diego, Ca USA Posts: 52	Or if you are driving along a country road in virginia and a deer comes running out of the woods and impales itself on the side of your car, leaving hair, blood, and dents behind, and taking with it the driver's side door handle. But guess is that probably isnt the cause of most people's door handle problems... ------------------ '93 Gt, Stock as a rock, but plan an AOD to T-5z swap, steeda tri-ax shifter, 3.55's, cobra intake, ported E7TE heads, 1.7 rr's, bbk headers, off road h-pipe, magna flow 3" cat back, msd ignition, blaster coil, mac cold air box (fenderwell), eibach springs, chrome cobra r's, cobra rear bumper, saleen wing, mach 1 hood, etc...