1998 Ford F250 Truck Front Driver Side Exterior Door Handle TRQ DHA43078

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In this video we're going to be working with our 1998 Ford F-150. We're going to show you how to remove and replace your vehicle's exterior door handle.

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Here are the items you'll need for this repair: 7 to 10mm socket, ratchet, socket extension

Pop off the cover tab off behind the door handle. You should be able to do this with your fingers. Then inside there is an eight millimeter screw securing the door handle to the latch. We'll get that with an eight millimeter socket ratchet and extension. Now, the trick here is do not remove this bolt all the way. Get it about halfway out until the handle is free and leave it. It will stay in there.

You don't have to worry about losing the bolt. Grab the sail panel, pop that off with your hand. The upper trim at the rear as well just pops off by hand. Now, normally, there is a seven or eight millimeter screw in both of these locations under those panels. Ours are obviously missing. Lift up and remove the window switch, and unplug all four electrical connectors. Then, remove the panel from the truck. You can then lift up, lay your door panel back, unplug the marker light, and remove the panel from your truck. You can then lift up, lay your door panel back, unplug the marker light and remove the panel from your truck.

Make sure your window is in the full up position. Release the lock rod from that red tab on the back side of the door handle. Using a long pick or a flat blade screwdriver, you may even be able to get in there and do that with your finger, undo the latch holding the handle rod in place. Pop that out. Put the handle rod out of the way. You can get at the 10 millimeter nut with the back side of the handle with a 10 millimeter socket and ratchet. You'll want to remove that. You'll also need to remove the 10 millimeter nut at the front side of the handle. While removing this go ahead and put a hand on the outside door handle to make sure that it doesn't fall out. Remove the door handle from the door.

Reinstall the door handle into the truck. Reinstall your two 10 millimeter bolts. Snap the lock rod back into your door handle. Reinstall the exterior handle rod into its retainer and close the clasp.

Normally there's a series of clips that will retain your harness against the door. Ours have been broken or missing, so we'll just feed the wiring for the switch up through the panel and reconnect our courtesy light into its socket, line up the door lock and all the pins in the door and slide it back into place. There are also your two screws or pins in the corner here that you'll need to reinstall. Ours are missing. Reinstall the top panels by lining them up and snapping them into place. Reconnect all the switches in your panel. Line up the tabs and snap it back into place. Reinstall your door handle and line up the bolt with the hole. Reinstall it with your eight millimeter socket and ratchet. Reinstall the little plastic cover and you're good to go.

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