The outside door handle of my 1997 Toyota Starlet is broken (plastic!). I have removed the door lining and can see a latch mechanism that is in the way of the bolts that attach the outside door handle.
Do I need to remove the whole window slider as well as the latch mechanism in order to remove and replace the outer door handle? There doesn't seem to be room!
There is two bolts that hold the window slider thing in place. One just below one of the door handle nuts inside the door and the other is on the outside of the door (on the inside of the car). Once these are removed it enables you to move that mech out of the way to get to the other bolt.
I undone the 3 latch screws to give me a bit more movement in the rod that connects to the handle too.
This should give you enough room to get to that other nut and clip the rod into the handle once installed.
Once handle is installed simply just slide the window mech back up into position and bolt back in.
-robib.
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