How to Remove 76 Door Handle

[bvanroekel]

I am trying to remove the door handles. I believe I am supposed to pop the plastic pieces off a small "ball shaped mount" to remove the small bar in order to pull the handle off. However, with the plastic being 35 years old, I wanted to make sure this was the right way to do it and how likely people thought that the plastic is just going to break regardless of how I do it.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Brian

[narfire]

Smart guy thinking the plastic can break because they do. I have broken a couple really brittle ones but a screwdriver twisting the end off VERY carefully usually works for me. Getting them back on..... bit of lube sometimes helps.

[124JOE]

i had my car repainted in 1999
we removed the handles the plastic caps ok but
there was corosion on the threds of the pass side handle
and they snaped YOUR INNEREDS LOOKS VERY CLEAN
PB parts blster helps and a wire brush

i had a guy drill the handle and put in some bolts that are now visable