How to Replace Exterior Door Handle 1988-02 GMC Sierra 1500

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Door handles, especially the driver side, withstand daily abuse. It’s no wonder one might wear out or even break off eventually. TRQ door handles are precision engineered to fit your vehicle perfectly. This video shows you how to install a new TRQ door handle on your 1988-2002 GMC K1500.
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This process should be similar on the following vehicles:
1988 GMC K1500
1989 GMC K1500
1990 GMC K1500
1991 GMC K1500
1992 GMC K1500
1993 GMC K1500
1994 GMC K1500
1995 GMC K1500
1996 GMC K1500
1997 GMC K1500
1998 GMC K1500
1999 GMC K1500
Tools you will need:
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• Pocket Screwdriver
• 10mm Socket 1aau.to/odR/1AXAA00017
• Cutoff Wheel 1aau.to/oc/1AXAA00254
• Trim Tool Set 1aau.to/obj/1AXXX00006
• Socket Driver
• Socket Extensions 1aau.to/oer/1AXAA00015
• Painter's Tape
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• Center Punch 1aau.to/oF/1AXAA00055
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[@cryptoanalysts5793]

I won’t lie this guy and the other bold white guy are one of the best instructors replacing parts on here

[@traviscuevas9101]

Ben fighting with that door handle for 1 hour and gave up. Didn't think to remove or losses the latch. Replaced another took a hour or so it was really frustrating. We ended up having to swap a window motor out to another door ground off the rivets and just used some nuts and bolts tried them down with a grinder. Thanks for the videos...little help with extra ideas or set of eyes.

[@scottsawyer3592]

Doing things the hard way.

[@adamlinney4371]

YES LOL DONT FOLLOW THIS GUY FML HE MAKES HIS LIFE MUCH HARDER THAN NEEDED

[@RB60802]

Great video thank you. Very good tutorial

[@rubenlopez2803]

Gracias buen trabajo y me gusto como explicaste

[@phillipseobuedu]

Thanks for the thorough video. I replaced both the inside and outside door pulls. I managed to not have to grind out rivets and remove the window mechanism by loosing everything and using a short 2x4 to hold the panel open enough to take out internal screw on outside handle. I liked seeing the full process, though, to help think through my options.

[@0004ogre]

Is there a reason you had the lock mechanism one way when you installed back into the door but was a different way when you tried to attach the rod?

[@GodsEmbodiment]

You do not need to do all this for the later year sierra's

[@B12Row]

I have a 93 Chevy 1500, is it necessary to remove the door latch and disconnect the windows regulator to replace the exterior door handle?

[@TRQ]

+B12Row Thanks for watching! There can be more than one technique to replace the handle like most repairs, but this is the way we did it.

[@DirtRoadie]

No, it is not.

[@urnew]

Can you grind a small window by handle and use long pliers

[@BLACKRAIN390]

I WAS THINK N THE SAME THANG

[@BLACKRAIN390]

That's too much for a door handle

[@lardaz3424]

Nice grease spots on door panel at .26 with you dirty drill ..

[@brodypatin6645]

Tell me you don’t know what you’re doing without telling me you don’t know what you’re doing

[@zandrello]

HOLY MOLY all this just to replace an EXTERIOR door handle? You're telling me there's NO WAY to just pop that sucker in from the outside?

[@DirtRoadie]

There is.
Do what is shown up through @2:12, then jump to @6:48 to @7:00. Unbolt the handle (there's a hole in the door panel that allows access to the inner of the two small bolts- may be taped over). Working from the outside, slip the handle out to where you can pop the lock cylinder free, release the actuating rod and then completely remove the old handle. Reverse the proces to reassemble. The hardest part is threading the the inside mounting bolt back into the new handle, the access hole is just a bit out of line.

[@Calikov762]

What a nightmare…

[@RastusMcbride]

Covering up the part you broke lol, don matter anyway eh.

[@oldbiker9739]

it was the old door handle

[@Jay-sm5gv]

Na just loosen the 3 screws on door latch where it locks and you will be able to put handle in 🖕

[@austinlowell5186]

Bruhhhhh. Just get a damn air rivet tool. Air suction load and one trigger pull. I bet it was 30 bucks more than that hand pos

[@BLACKRAIN390]

BUY A USED DOOR AND PAINT IT....TOO MUCH WORK

[@adamlinney4371]

he is doing it the hard way... there is a 100000% easier way to do this