Vivaro Sliding Door Handle Removal

Salvage and breakers yards are are an excellent source of vauxhall replacement parts not only for exterior door handles spares but for a whole number of different parts.

Vivaro sliding door handle removal.

Oem vauxhall vivaro a 2001 outer rear tailgate door handle new 91166463. Two 10mm nuts secure the external handle and a blob of grease in the socket stopped them dropping into the door. Fusion door panel removel. Only two nuts you will see these if you put the new handle level to the old one outside then you will work out where they are you will need a 1 4 extension bar with a ten mill socket to undo them be careful though the bottom one has a bit of a shelf on the inner door panel you have to send the extension bar through a small hole the nut can still fall inside the door when you do get it off measure the bottom pin of your new door handle to your old one dont be surprised if its a tbay.

3 torx bolts saw the lock mechanism freed from the door frame and moved out of the way. The same as the other screws on the door panel. There is a fastener behind a circle looking plug behind the inside door handle. On the inside trim you can remove screws that are by the door handle arm rest under door and side of door and then gently pull back on the panel as there will also be retaining clips attached and you don t want to break them.

One of the cheapest ways to replace your vauxhall vivaro part is to use the services of your local vauxhall or universal breakers or salvage yards. Original vauxhall vivaro outer exterior side back door handle 93850322 new. It will be a torx. Above the locking mechanism and in line with the door handle should be a grommet remove this and you will see a retaining device undo this and the handle will be free to extract.

The handle should have pulled free but the pin that secured the top of the handle had slid to the side jamming the whole handle in the frame.