1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

I identify as a Julian

 

What ever you say J-ROC

 

Respec a mahfukker nahmsayin

BRRAP BRRAAP

 

Hmm those are pretty. Maybe they'll go on and mine will be the spares

 

Oh dude I even told my friend about them; she was like "pretty"...i almost hit the Refund button on my PayPal

 

Forget the jewelry, give her a hub

 

Fuuuuck my fucking life; open door, door handle "clicks" as if some plastic thing broke and refuses to open door on the Taco

Using passenger side to get the door.

 

Idk how everyone does this

 

Just opened my door like normal, cause I read about them breaking.

Fuck this sucks; replacement the only way to go or is there something to fix?

 

Inside door handle works so it must be the door latch/handle itself.

 

Yeah gotta buy new ones

 

Haha welcome to my curse about 2 years ago...was breaking handles every few weeks. Get yourself a Dorman one off Amazon, trust me. I'm usually OEM on most things but the Dorman handles are the only ones that have lasted for me. I spent a few hundred on OEM replacements that kept failing before that.

The lip that engages the rod mechanism is bigger on the back of the Dorman handles than the OEM ones. That was what kept happening to me, OEM ones kept slipping off that piece and the handle would stop working.

Sounds like you broke the plastic on yours though on the outside. The Dorman ones seem to be built well as far as that goes too. And they're like $20 as opposed to $100 for OEM

 

Also @Kwikvette get a small swivel head socket wrench for the 10mm that you need to uninstall/install the handles, makes life way easier

 

I think I might have an issue with the rods especially on the driver side where it broke more frequently, but in any case I think it's good peace of mind to know the Dorman handle is better designed on the back just in case that becomes an issue for anyone else.

 

There's a little plastic clip that holds the rod to the handle. That's what broke in mine. I bought a cheap Amazon door handle, popped the clip off, and put it back into my OEM handle to replace the one that broke

 

Cleaning the garage and shoveling snow tonight. Just came back from clearing some of the neighbors cars for the ones I know are sick or old

 

Trying to get this damn Tacoma inside because I know she's cold

 

Yeah I know the clip you're referring to, that little fucker is a pain in the ass esp if it breaks.

 

Snow?? Color me jealous. 95° here today. Grrrr...I want cold weather

 

Big wet heavy snow.

I'm on the fence, mostly because it wrecks my wrenching since it's too fawking cold . Other than that it's not too bad now that I know what winter gear is. Parents never taught me beyond jeans and a jacket how to dress warm