I have a 87 F150 and like every month I break off the drivers side door handle when i get out the truck ive replaced it 3 times allreadly and i drive the truck about 3 out of 7 days out of the week when i have work, and its horible when i show up to a customers house and have to open the door using the outside handle to get out the truck or get out the passanger door keep in mind when i work i work downtown chicago lincoln park area (high class area) lol is it just a common problem with these trucks? is ther a better type of handle i can buy bsides the ones i take off trucks at the junkyard. if not im planing to just make 1 out of metal and just bend or weld it to fit.

 

Try a brand new oem handle. The junk ones are probably already stressed.

 

stop eating your wheaties.

 

Maybe your lock release cable has stretched, are you finding that you have to pull quite a bit on the handle to open the door? I had to pull pretty hard to open the door before I took the slack out of the cable.