Thread: Need help with 1 bolt refitting on rear door handle

Never done 1 .... But you could try putting the nut in a ring spanner ... Use sticky tape to hold it in place (nut in the ring spanner)

Now you can slide the nut up in position via the spanner, up into tight thin areas


You can also try the spanner end if required ... just wrap some sticky tape to hold it (nut) to the spanner end



Once you slide the spanner with nut to the spot desired .... You can then insert bolt on the other side




Cheers
Mike

Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

Never done 1 .... But you could try putting the nut in a ring spanner ... Use sticky tape to hold it in place (ring spanner)

Now you slide it up in position in tight thin areas


You can also try the spanner end if required ... just wrap some sticky tape to hold it (nut) to the spanner end





Then insert bolt on the other side

Cheers
Mike

There is not a lot of room and it's the angle of the damn thing. it's the top most bolt that is accessed through the outside logo on the door pull.
the more I look at it it must have had a nut attached to the inner door skin that has come off or dropped somehow.
I might try and fit a bit of thing string through the hole from the outside and thread the nut on to it, then pull it up from the out side and then try to position the nut and try to hold it with my finger tip whilst trying the thread the bolt from out side. Or put a dob of silicon on the nut and try to retain it until it goes off with the string method.

Originally Posted by It'sNotWorthComplaining!

There is not a lot of room and it's the angle of the damn thing.

I revised my first answer ..... to make it clearer on the method


Sounds as tho you have a "2 person" job scene, going on



Cheers
Mike

I am a fan of welding a narrow strip of steel to difficult nuts. You keep bending/readjusting the strip until the nut ends up where you want it. Rivet/glue/fasten the other end of the strip to the door when the bolt is in so to make future work easier.

i might have another look again later, if the trim card panel covers the interior spot, I might get a hole drill bit and cut a hole at that location and then feed the nut through that.

Originally Posted by It'sNotWorthComplaining!

i might have another look again later, if the trim card panel covers the interior spot, I might get a hole drill bit and cut a hole at that location and then feed the nut through that.

Let me know how it goes. I haven't attempted doing my springs yet. They are sitting on the bar staring at me each night as I go to bed, wondering when I am going to put them in.

Originally Posted by Wongdai

Let me know how it goes. I haven't attempted doing my springs yet. They are sitting on the bar staring at me each night as I go to bed, wondering when I am going to put them in.

the springs are easy enough to fit once you have the lock out from the door.
I couldn't see my spring at first, but it is wedged in between 2 metal sliding plates. have a look at the plates and look for a small hole, this is where the spring ends clip in to. I should have taken a macro pic of the location, as it was not apparent where they are located at first.


To remove the lock - you have to unclip all the linkages for the rods , and remove the pivoting arms from inside the door frame to enable the clearance to lift and twist the lock mechanism out from the door frame
Once you done one it comes second nature.

Originally Posted by bee utey

I am a fan of welding a narrow strip of steel to difficult nuts. You keep bending/readjusting the strip until the nut ends up where you want it. Rivet/glue/fasten the other end of the strip to the door when the bolt is in so to make future work easier.

success!!!! I managed to get the nut in position by threading some strong string through the nut hole and attaching the end of the string to a soft rubber "O" ring.
I then treaded some thick 'whipper snipper' line through the outside handle hole via the Land Rover Badge hole. By attaching the whipper line to my string I was able to pull the nut into the required position inside the door frame. Then using a contortionist action with my index finger , I was able to fell the nut and hold it in position, whilst I pulled the string, the "O" ring then pulled out of the nut and left me holding it with my finger. All it was left was to used a socket and bar to intall the bolt from the out side.