My back door handle has come loose. You can take the back door handle and spin it all the way around 360 degrees. Its not physically attatched to the door and I am wondering what attatches it? It looks like a C clip almost but i dont know. Can you buy a replacement for this? The door will shut but pain in the butt to reopen. Any ideas?

 

when i first bought my bronco II i had the same problem. I tried to install a retaining clip on the original loose latch but it didnt work. I finally just ebayed it and bought a brand new handle from a company called tennessee auto. Cost me about $23 shipped which is the cheapest i found. Installed it and now it works great. I'm not sure if it matters but when i installed it i put a small bead of permatex around the handle to keep the moisture out. Here is a link to the auction where i bought mine. Real high quality handle.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-BRONCO-II-TAILGATE-WINDOW-HANDLE-1985-1990-NEW_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33647QQitemZ7942776 862QQrdZ1

 

looks exactly the same, How did the thing attatch to the door itself? What makes it stay in place?

 

i just replaced the handle assy. on my 86 bronco II last week ,i ordered mine from bronco graveyard.com it is held on buy 2 nuts. just have to remove tailgate interior panel and you have access to it..took me about 20 mins and it was done

 

I just got done replacing the rear hatch door handle. I bought it from ebay tennesee rock auto. Worked Great and only cost 23 bucks with shipping. THanks for all the info.

 

I noticed that the handle which Tennesee Auto sells is for the tailgates with the pop-up windows. My 1989 B2 doesn't have that feature. Would the handle still work with my application?