Re: Door Handle Removal

["John Hopkins" <vergeo@email.msn.com>]

You have to take off the silver or black cover and the handle and take out
the screw in there and then there is one more screw when you open the door
and look nere the handle .
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg_Coombs@esd.tracor.com <Greg_Coombs@esd.tracor.com>
To: jettaglx@igtc.COM <jettaglx@igtc.COM>
Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 1:13 PM
Subject: Door Handle Removal


>
>     Does someone know how to remove the door handle on a '95 Golf?  My
>     girlfriend's lock cylinder came out with her key this morning.  The
>     hook on the back of the lock cylinder is broken off clean.  This may
>     start to be a problem with everyone's cars.  It look like this is a
>     very weak link in the mechanism.
>
>     I want to swap the handle from the passenger side to the driver's side
>     and buy a non-keyed handle for the passenger side.  I can't get the
>     handle to come free of the door after I remove the screw and pull it
>     towards the front of the car.  Does anyone have any advice or
>     suggestions other than pulling the door panel and looking at it from
>     the backside.  Pulling the panel looks like a whole other pain in the
>     a@#?
>
>     Also, does anyone have any sources for a door handle other than the
>     dealer?  I checked with GPR and they don't have them.
>
>     TIA,
>     Greg Coombs