How to Replace Interior Door Handle 2000-07 Chevy Monte Carlo
Created on: 2010-08-30
How to repair, install, fix, change or replace a broken or snapped off interior door handleon 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, and 07 Chevrolet Monte Carlo This is an easy project for the do it yourself person.
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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel
- Remove the Phillips head screw inside the door handle
- Remove the Phillips head screw from the mirror base trim piece
- Remove the two T27 Torx screws beneath the door pull
- Pry off the door handle bezel
- Disconnect the door lock wiring harness
- Wrap a putty knife with a rag to protect your paint
- Pry out the door panel with the putty knife
- Lift the door panel up and off
- Disconnect the window switch wiring harnesses
- Disconnect the mirror switch wiring harness
- Carefully peel off the water shield
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step 2 :Removing the Door Handle
- Drill out the door handle rivet
- Unclip the latch rods from the door handle
- Pull off the door handle
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step 3 :Installing the Door Handle
- Put the door handle into place
- Insert a coarse thread bolt into the door handle
- Clip the latch rods onto the door handle
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step 4 :Installing the Door Panel
- Put the water shield into place
- Connect the window switch wiring harnesses
- Connect the mirror switch wiring harness
- Lift the door panel into place
- Push in the door panel clips
- Connect the door lock wiring harness
- Push on the door handle bezel
- Insert the Phillips head screw inside the door handle
- Insert the Phillips head screw from the mirror base trim piece
- Insert the two T27 Torx screws beneath the door pull
Tools needed
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Coarse Threaded Bolts (to replace rivets)
Flat Blade Screwdriver
T27 Torx Driver
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Putty Knife
Drill
3/8 Inch Drill Bit
Cloth Rags
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In this video we're going to be showing you interior door handle replacement on this 2003 Monte Carlo, the procedure is basically the same for any 2000 to 2007. You'll need a Phillips head screwdriver, a T27 Torx driver, flat blade screwdriver, putty knife and a rag, a 3/8"� drill and drill bit, and a coarse thread bolt. Now in this video I don't actually show you changing the door handle because this car has a good door handle on it and I didn't want to drill it off and bolt it back on just for the video. So I basically take you up to that point and then show you what you have to do from that point.
To remove the door panel, first you have to remove four screws: one Phillips here, a Phillips here, and then there's two T27 Torx screws right up in here. Now that you've removed those screws, you can pull out on this panel and then forward, and it comes off. Then, for your switch, you use a regular flat blade screw driver and pry out on one side and pull the switch out some, pull the whole switch, pry the other side.
Now, you want to use your, a putty knife and a rag, or paper towel or something just to . the paper towel kind of protects the paint, work it back in here and then work it up right into there. Then pull. Once you get that one, this panel kind of actually pulls freely kind of easily, just pull right on the outside edge. Then lift up and your door panel is off. You still have your mirror and your power window connected here. Now, looking in from behind, it's a little hard to shoot this, but basically you want to work . there's a tab in the back of your connectors here. You want to work your screwdriver right up in there, and then pull. I can show you afterwards here. Basically what you're doing is, right here, is where the tab goes in, so your just working your screwdriver in there and working it in there to release that tab. These connectors you can see right there, that's what you want to be pressing in. So now your door panel is off.
To access the inside of the door, you're going to want to disconnect your mirror connection here, which is pressing on this thumb tab. You'll actually want to pull that out, carefully use a screwdriver, kind of press on it from the other side, and pull it through. Then you carefully want to remove your water shield. You want to do this slowly, you don't want to rip or stretch this too much because this is what keeps the water from getting in and ruining your door panel and stuff.
Once you have the door panel off, you can see here the inside door handle, and there's the rivet right there. You need to drill that rivet out with probably a 3/8"� drill and then these rods are just held in by little clips that you can actually just kind of push off and then the rods come up and out. Now this car has a good door handle in it so I'm not going to drill it off and reattach it, but you'd have to drill that rivet out and then you'd need a coarse thread bolt to replace that.
Now, we're ready for the door panel, push the power window, put that back up. I'm doing it blind so it's a little hard to tell where you're supposed to be. It goes back in, the power mirror goes back in, make sure your power door lock is up in the hole here. Take the top of your panel, and find where this hole is supposed to be here for the power mirror, so you kind of have the right spot. Push the top of it right here, and go down. Then make sure it's all lined up pretty good and then you can push it on. Then, this piece can go on, actually push the lock button in. Then, push the back of this in, then on. Then you have your four screws. You have two T27 screws. These you want to make nice and tight because they hold everything together as far as when you pull on the door. Do a quick test of everything: window, mirror, door locks. Everything's good.
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