How To Repair A C3 Door Handle

Open up a large garbage bag.

How to repair a c3 door handle.

Car door handle replacement. If your door does not have an inside watershield to keep moisture out of the back of the door panel you can easily make one. Corvette clinic s chris petris gave us a tip on keeping the door handle working like new. Use plenty as it.

C3 door door handle new needs paint or a silver one c3 door door handle here rivets to refit the door handle on a citroen c3. C3 door handle pivot removed from car. If you need to fit a new handle then you can try this. How to replace car door handle diy with scotty kilmer.

Last night i decided to replace the broken outside door handles. While holding the handle in the open position spray penetrating oil onto the springs. Place the garbage bag onto the caulking or tape and then trim off the excess. And the best example of how tight things are inside the c3 corvette door is the cut out view of an actual door by corvette parts vendor bair s corvette.

Place 3m strip caulking or two sided tape on the outer edge of the door. There is a plastic piece on top of the latch mechanism that i cannot get out even though the screws have been removed. However i cannot get to the bolts that hold the door handle. Video shows how everything sits inside the door to help aid in re installation.

The original door handle on my 76 stingray is scratched and pitted beyond repair which ironically you cannot do as you would have to literally break the assembly in order to take it apart.