Ughh...door handles Options

[Rob-O]

So last year or maybe the year before I rebuilt the doors on my teener. This included the outer door handles. I cleaned everything, rekeyed all of the locks to the ignition. I also replaced the outer door handle cams. I don't remember which supplier I bought them from, but at the time I remember thinking that they seemed flimsy.

Fast forward to today. I was having trouble opening the doors from the outside of the vehicle. Eventually I grabbed a flashlight and looked into the area where the cam was. The new cams are still there, but I can also see that they've deformed quite a bit and now don't seem to have enough strength to push the latch mechanism inside the door.

Has anyone run into this? I seem to recall reading (AFTER I did my cams) that there are different suppliers for the cams. Anybody know who makes the 'good' ones?

[Nozzle]

I've had exactly this same problem. I rebuilt both sides the same way the only exception being the drivers side latch still had a good factory cam (whitish) while the other was a replacement cam (black). Particularly on hot days the replacement cam seems to flex under load and prevents the door from opening from the outside. Since then I've picked up a broken door latch just to get the good factory cam and plan to replace the repop unit at some point.