Technical source of door handles?

[dante giacosa]

Hello team,

apologies for asking something which is probably highly discussed; but I can't find it in the first 6 pages here...

Where would 'one' source a decent 500 exterior door handle?
The passenger one has just sheared off on the thin end; the OS one went a couple of years ago, and was professionally replaced without my knowledge.

There seems to be numerous varieties with 'much-cheapness' online; but I wondered if there is a go-to flavour in the community which people know can be relied upon; unless I just have to go all out to FIAT?

Thanks for your help

 

[John202020]

Hello team,

apologies for asking something which is probably highly discussed; but I can't find it in the first 6 pages here...

Where would 'one' source a decent 500 exterior door handle?
The passenger one has just sheared off on the thin end; the OS one went a couple of years ago, and was professionally replaced without my knowledge.

There seems to be numerous varieties with 'much-cheapness' online; but I wondered if there is a go-to flavour in the community which people know can be relied upon; unless I just have to go all out to FIAT?

Thanks for your help

Has the handle come off completely?
If no you only need the hinge whilst I've not had to buy one the ones on Ebay would likely be fine, try looking at the seller feed back to check?

 

[IanWard]

Hello team,

apologies for asking something which is probably highly discussed; but I can't find it in the first 6 pages here...

Where would 'one' source a decent 500 exterior door handle?
The passenger one has just sheared off on the thin end; the OS one went a couple of years ago, and was professionally replaced without my knowledge.

There seems to be numerous varieties with 'much-cheapness' online; but I wondered if there is a go-to flavour in the community which people know can be relied upon; unless I just have to go all out to FIAT?

Thanks for your help

I've used a place in Bury - Club 500 italia, really helped me out a lot when trying to diagnose an electrical problem - loads of stuff - just google and drop them a line

 

[RedAbarthMTA]

As above, very helpful and reasonably priced. Club 500

 

[dante giacosa]

ah...

ooh...

no- it hasn't come off completely; just at the 'non key' end, if you can imagine that- the end nearest the front of the car.

I do actually have the old OS door handle and could examine it to see if the sheared part is removable; I did come across the hinge online the other week, but thought I must be looking looking at something abstract, rather than a potential solution...

Thanks for your feedback; right! Club-500-Italia; here we go!

 

[John202020]

ah...

ooh...

no- it hasn't come off completely; just at the 'non key' end, if you can imagine that- the end nearest the front of the car.

I do actually have the old OS door handle and could examine it to see if the sheared part is removable; I did come across the hinge online the other week, but thought I must be looking looking at something abstract, rather than a potential solution...

Thanks for your feedback; right! Club-500-Italia; here we go!

Then all you need is a new hinge about £6-10 loads on Ebay and not that hard to fix.
Here's a guide https://www.fiatforum.com/guides/broken-door-handle-articulator-hinge-repair.776/

 

[dante giacosa]

ah; thanks John!

THIS is exactly what I've obviously missed. I'll look into it right now...

 

[John202020]

ah; thanks John!

THIS is exactly what I've obviously missed. I'll look into it right now...

Something like this is what you need https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124263880584?fits=Car+Make:Fiat&hash=item1ceeb45788:g:eSUAAOSwV1licWxt&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAA8CAyMF66rYzNxWu+UnpIPtwqKrrbwhm6WnC90km02Kj4XXQ7stWp8EL/tLxz71497XZb8eQnrt4QQJ/zXWR1ibO2uNVis5NCtxboOo+KwrgbOAfdOzZ5Det5bVKk0Ee6jts+eiAQ7wuu8/0/8yv5amJkWUiztwuIdESfatyBo5IMgKdPRL64YVoejilzSSGAG9+2Ejfs3ZrgmDvP1UFA5KAc2phCu3yzlCD2iPCyu6Dim/g1vGSkRpi53b7meIiNTVRR5oSCwC6ncnmmWD2SyPP52Fk0chGZUxUiiyhb/4LLDhJPINvdaFxyFHbjqvqcNw==|tkp:BFBMtqfU0bpg

Remove the door panel( a stiff plastic kitchen spatula/turner can help start at the bottom left corner will be quite hard if never been off before an never do in winter ) Allen head bolts, one screw under the silver door pull(pops off) two under the cover in the door handle(inside one remove cover), remove the screws(3) holding the door pull to the door card rather than the cable from the handle, carefully peel the foam moisture guard back( it rips very easily ), you can now get to the 10mm nut that holds the hinge, remove the broken part, you can now get a screwdriver through the hole(s) from the inside to remove the other broken bit out of the handle.

Place masking tape all round the area on the outside of the door broken handle end

I didn't replace the plastic bit in the handle, grease the pin in the new hinge, its now possible to just get the new part in, hinge in open position( I used the original screw not the new one ), you now need to close the hinge which you can just do( hence masking tape there is enough give in the handle ) pop bolt through stick nut on, replace door card

 

[dante giacosa]

right

I am ON IT, as I type- thanks for your help

standby for success

 

[IanWard]

good luck - hope you get it sorted

 

[dante giacosa]

wow-

that turned out to be a bit of a mission- it took just over an hour all-in; and I needed a masked-taping jemmy (mini-crow-bar) for the initial prize-off of the door.

And getting that self-tapping screw back into the handle was pretty crazy.
I didn't get a picture at that point actually; but essentially you have to mount the elbow-hinge opened out into the underside of the handle (with aforementioned masking tape in place, of course), with the M6 threaded-stud part pointing away from the car; then use everything you've got to re-tighten the screw using a screwdriver used from inside the door.

I think I went across three 'drivers in the end; despite initial appearances the screw isn't a pozi-drive as such, but a Phillips.
You end up working aside the end-of-the-door bracing the exterior handle with extreme force externally, whilst trying for another quarter turn from the inside. The issue is the oblique mounting angle of the screw, somewhat misses the aperture available for tooling from the inside of the door.

It helps to continuously 'pull open' the other end of the door handle, and to try to flatten the elbow side; to improve the angle for tooling.

anyway; thank you everyone