# Help with factory doors **URL:** \ **Category:** GEM Forum\ **Created:** [January 31, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/help-with-factory-doors/25800 "2023-01-31T20:10:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bolanger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/bolanger/32/4184_2.png) [@Bolanger](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Bolanger)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/help-with-factory-doors/25800/1 "2023-01-31T20:10:06Z")
2007 2 seater…factory doors. The drivers side door failed to open. Took the door apart and the exterior handle mechanism broke at the round angled 90deg that goes in a hole also serviced by the interior handle. Tough to explain but if you’ve seen it you shoukd know what I mean. So, you need to position the exterior handle then lower the interior door so the handle fits in 2 screw holes and the rod goes thru the latch mechanism. Well almost impossible. Has any one ran into this problem and can lend an idea. ---
**Author:** ![Bolanger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/bolanger/32/4184_2.png) [@Bolanger](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Bolanger)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/help-with-factory-doors/25800/2 "2023-01-31T20:15:58Z")
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**Author:** ![Derrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Derrick](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Derrick)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/help-with-factory-doors/25800/3 "2023-02-01T01:20:32Z")
My 08 had a broken exterior door handle that I had to replace, mine had a cable that attached to it that released the latch ---
**Author:** ![dougl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dougl](https://community.electricforum.com/u/dougl)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/help-with-factory-doors/25800/4 "2023-02-01T02:59:54Z")
My '08 with hard doors also has a cable mechanism. That spring on yours looks to be out of place some too. One of mine was and it took a bit of work to get it back into the little channel so it didn’t walk around on the pivot rod. A peeve I have on my doors is that the 2 bolts holding the handle on are supposed to have matching holes in the interior shell to get a nut driver in there and install/remove the nuts. But on both of my doors, those holes are about 1" off. Was a PIA getting one back together and the next one I’m just drilling more holes. ---
**Author:** ![Barry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@Barry](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Barry)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/help-with-factory-doors/25800/5 "2023-02-01T08:49:37Z")
I had to replace the whole unit on my 2007 E2. I learned that I must push in on the door when I lift on the handle to put less stress on the lock mechanism. ---
**Author:** ![Bolanger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/bolanger/32/4184_2.png) [@Bolanger](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Bolanger)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/help-with-factory-doors/25800/6 "2023-02-01T09:25:20Z")
Thanks guys. My interior door handle is attached to the latch with a cable. The exterior handle with that rod goes thru the same plastic attachment that the cable uses…that’s the problem area. Thanks for noticing the spring,