How to Remove and FIX Door Handle on Alfa GT, 147, and How to Prevent it from Breaking 

Done today. Took apart as you illustrate, but suspected it might have come out without undoing the top two rod links. I reassembled these with the handle out, and yes, it will go back in with the rods already attached, just check they are taking the correct route inside the door.

For 147 owners, procedure can be shortened a lot! I replaced mine today. After door card removal, you remove 10mm nut that holds the hinge to the door. Then you can remove broken part and use very long screw driver to reach phillips screw that holds the hinge to the handle. After that you open new hinge 180° and put it in a handle to tighten it. Then you pull handle as if you were opening the door, that will give you enough space to close the hinge to normal position. Put back 10mm nut and you're done. Much much faster than doing this whole procedure but applies only to 147.

Ingenious 😍 I have faced this situation with my GT and even the Alfa garage I took it to replace the brand new door handle was not too keen . It’s a pig of a job and only for the brave to take it upon themselves. Only Alfa can make a door handle replacement so painful 🙄. This demo really helps and I will try to prevent it happening to my other door since I now know what’s causing this problem . Thank you as always 🙏 very helpful stuff ❤️👍

Hi , your video's make the life of the GT owners a lot easier . they are very usefull. thank you very much

Just broke that hinge last Saturday! Great channel that helped me a few times already in the past few months (just bought a GT a few months ago).

Very nice tutorials bro thank you! I have learned so much things about my 147 :)

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Brilliant this video is priceless. Saved me lots of money I wish all automotive videos were thi s calibre

Nice job.I like your videos help me a lot fix my Alfa 147 😉.

Thanks to the video, it helped me a lot in the repair

Great job! I will try in my GT

Hi,this DIY,works for the alfa 156?thanks

good DIY sir Hello from Algeria

Great work, of course😍. I suffered two attempts to access the repair, I succeeded on the second attempt, without disassembling the part of the rods, forcing, pulling the part of the lock. I was wrong😠, buying a hinge, for fiat 500, the cheapest around €6 on e bay...(for alfa gt it is a lot more expensive, around € 25). I had to modify, fill with composite, the screw pitch ... A nightmare😱, that to save € 200, ended finally, well😳. I will use the multipurpose oil on the passenger side so as not to repeat that bad drink😰. Thanks again for these videos😍

Can you do a video of how to restore faded or scratched interior plastic? Things like handles, window switches etc Thanks great video!!

Great work

Very good guide, let's hope I won't need it 😁 would it be a good idea to put some grease over the metal repair strip to slow any corrosion further?

Thanks a million!!

But i need adjust it because if i screw the screw in it will become hard also inside the one screw nut from the windows goes empty also in whistle at 100km +- with wind from the door what i can do?

Someone know the torx size of the doorhinge ? I have to replace one and dont want to buy a complete set

Hey man. I think I’ve watched this video a dozen times. I got a facelift 5dr 147 with the passenger side handle not working. Took the doorcard off, the front hinge is fine, my problem is that the red plastic piece is worn out and it doesn’t keep the rod in place. But what I wanted to mention is that I looked inside the door and I only seem to have just one metal rod as opposed to the two shown in your video. I do have the yellow plastic piece in the handle but seemingly no second rod. Would that just be a difference between pre FL and FL or number of doors?

Nice vid. Can I use the same method on the facelift 147 from 2006? The thing is that, the handle (on the passenger side) does not have a keyhole. And the car has central locking system. Does this make any difference regarding the replacement of the handle? Thank you very much.

Another excellent video! One thing: on my facelift 4 door 147, the door switch cluster is held in by a screw underneath the armrest. You can't simply pry the switch cluster out of the door.

Great job! Would've liked to see you putting it all back together though, it looks like a pain getting those metal rods back inserted in the right holes. How did that go?

Really useful! I'm gonna lube the hell out of it :))) How did you unglue the door handle plug? Any marks after?

great job! will try this on my GT , passenger door handle broken by friend, I think this will be better then replacing with new one (made in PRC) and waiting to be broken again)

Can someone send me the link with this hinge, i need to buy new one, mine is the same as this one in the video, I found on the internet only for the fiat 500 that is not the same as this one in the video.

Great channel Dave. You are aware that the hinges are available on eBay very cheaply?

Absolutely genius with the glue stick method on the pull handle plug/ cap!!! Wish I’d knew this years ago!! How did you remove it? Hairdryer on the area?

hello, is it the same procedure for the alfa romeo gt? thanks for your videos.

I can not believe, yesterday my son broke handle on driver side

Hallo from Poland :) Maybe next video about repairing broken mirrors :) That aluminium inside is really weak point of 147 and gt. I had this broken in mine and I bought used one, but after assembling i realised that is from RHD version of 147 :(

In Alfa Gt is mounted differently

You can buy that part for £8 on eBay u don’t need to bodge it ??

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