04 half door handles both broken

garrettwgriffey

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Hey guys. I have an 04 TJ. Recently just traded full doors for half doors with a guy. In the first week of having them the inside door handle broke. 2 days later the outside handle broke. So now it won't open at all. before the outside handle broke I tried to fix the inside but the screws were stripped and didn't have time for that at that moment. the only solution I see is undoing the hinges(pic below) that hold the pins and maybe being able to pry it back from there. Anybody have suggestions? Thank you.

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I'd work on getting the door panel off and trying to open the latch system with your hand.
 
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I'd work on getting the door panel off and trying to open the latch system with your hand.

This. The only way to open will be to pull the interior panels off the doors, and manually release. Or just go NASCAR with entering the Jeep!

Likely you will be unable to release the latch even if you pull the hinges.