Calgary Jeep Association
4x4 Related Groups => Tech Talk => Topic started by: JENSSEN on May 13, 2010, 10:32:46 PM
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Let me first say this is posted from my I-Phone so I am sorry if there are gramatical errors or other mistakes.
Anyone who has ever had XJ and have had issues with the door handles keep reading. If you have ever tried removing or replacing used exterior door handles you know the 10mm nuts will inevidently break the stud off the door handle. I have only ever had 2 come out successfully EVER! So what's that leave a person with? $tealer$hip?? Big bucks! Aftermarket parts? Tried that and they didn't fit worth a s#it. So now what to do? I tried almost ever door handle at pick-n-pull and broke what others had left behind (sorry). At my wits end and it being too late to mod a differt car/truck handle to the XJ , I saw a early 90's grand Cherokee. I eyeballed up the handle on the ZJ. And well physically it seemed the same approximate size and shape it was a bit different. So what the hay why not try removing them and retrofitting them to the XJ,.. What can it hurt? So I fit it to the XJ and low and behold the studs lined up but one issue the mechanicals on the interior of the Handle are reversed, so I tried swapping the XJ mechanical bits to the ZJ handle. Still no luck now instead of pushing down to open the door it lifted up. Dammit! So I cracked a cool one and thought about just running the door handles upside down but that looked stupid. So one more cold one and my brain fired,... If the work upside down swap the mechanicals from one side to the other. EH VOILA we have a weiner!
So coles notes :
-ZJ handles
-have a cold one
-XJ mechanical bits
-pop the top on a frosty
-swap the XJ mechanicals from one side to the other
-hit the fridge for a bevvy
-install the XJ handle mechanicals onto the ZJ handles
-enjoy a wobblie pop
-install handles on XJ
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That is an interesting finding...I will keep this in mind next time I'm at the wrecker's.
Thanks for sharing what you found and taking the time to explain it clearly.
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Let me first say this is posted from my I-Phone so I am sorry if there are gramatical errors or other mistakes.
Anyone who has ever had XJ and have had issues with the door handles keep reading. If you have ever tried removing or replacing used exterior door handles you know the 10mm nuts will inevidently break the stud off the door handle. I have only ever had 2 come out successfully EVER! So what's that leave a person with? $tealer$hip?? Big bucks! Aftermarket parts? Tried that and they didn't fit worth a s#it. So now what to do? I tried almost ever door handle at pick-n-pull and broke what others had left behind (sorry). At my wits end and it being too late to mod a differt car/truck handle to the XJ , I saw a early 90's grand Cherokee. I eyeballed up the handle on the ZJ. And well physically it seemed the same approximate size and shape it was a bit different. So what the hay why not try removing them and retrofitting them to the XJ,.. What can it hurt? So I fit it to the XJ and low and behold the studs lined up but one issue the mechanicals on the interior of the Handle are reversed, so I tried swapping the XJ mechanical bits to the ZJ handle. Still no luck now instead of pushing down to open the door it lifted up. Dammit! So I cracked a cool one and thought about just running the door handles upside down but that looked stupid. So one more cold one and my brain fired,... If the work upside down swap the mechanicals from one side to the other. EH VOILA we have a weiner!
So coles notes :
-ZJ handles
-have a cold one
-XJ mechanical bits
-pop the top on a frosty
-swap the XJ mechanicals from one side to the other
-hit the fridge for a bevvy
-install the XJ handle mechanicals onto the ZJ handles
-enjoy a wobblie pop
-install handles on XJ
the easier solution is to just not run doors ;)
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I have broken 2 off now and I got new ones from CARS here in Red Deer $10 - $15 each. dealer wanter $75 and wrecker wanted $20. I think Trevor changed the one for me when i cutting my rusty floor out.
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Yes I did... fairly easy. Took about 15 minutes including tearing (I mean removing) the door apart.
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why not just fix it properly?
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/Spinalguy/4094e133.jpg)