Inside Door handle

[blue68]

I just put new exterior handles on my truck, and I put everything back together inside (door panel, trim, handle, window crank, and arm rest.) I sat down in my truck with the door closed, and I tryed to pull on the handle to get out. The door will NOT open from the inside any more. It makes the proper "Click" noise, but nothing happens. Is something not put together right?

My passenger side one works fine, and I've tried re-assembling everything like 15 times. This one's got me confused.

Any help will be MUCH Appreciated.

[fordman]

take the panel off and check the workings of it the inside should move a rod that goes over and opens the latch itself. maybe a clip poped off or something.

[blue68]

Hey Fordman, there is a little lever that the door handle pin has to go under. It has to go under, becuause if it goes over, the handle sticks out too far. Here's what I did: I stripped the inner door down, and the only thing that was on there was the handle. No door panels, no arm rests, or anything; just the door handle for me to test to see if it would work before I reassembled everything.

It works every time with the door panel off, but when I put it back on, it never works. Strange, huh?

Thanks!

[fordman]

if i remeber right the handle has to go in a certain way in order to operate properly. like the tab has to be under or over something to catch on it. i can't remember it s been so long since i had mine apart.

[blue68]

Thanks for the support... I'm about to go give it another try.

[blue68]

I fixed it.

[1970F250]