Spent 30 minutes fighting a single door handle clip on a 2015 F-150 today

I was swapping out a broken passenger side handle and that little white plastic clip just would not seat right no matter what angle I tried. Took me 20 minutes of swearing and dropping it three times before I realized I had the retainer spring flipped backwards. Anyone else have those jobs where a 5 minute swap turns into a half hour headache?

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wyatt5212d ago

That's a pretty common mistake, but I actually think a lot of the frustration with these clips comes from people not taking the time to clean everything properly first. A little bit of dirt or old grease in the track can make them seem like they're seated when they're not. Spending half an hour wrestling with it is a good reminder to stop and look for a simpler problem before forcing things. You probably would have saved fifteen minutes if you had just stopped, wiped off the spring and the hole with a rag, and then tried again. Things like that get a lot easier when everything is clean and you can see what you're doing.