Common? I'd say no. Sounds like your window regulator broke. Door
handle is held on with 4 screws. Two are hidden under plastic tabs. Pry
the tabs up with a thin knife and you should be able to remove the
handle.  If you mean the window crank, that's held on with a single
screw. Lift the plastic up and you'll gain access to the screw.

I recently replaced with (power) window regulator on my Westy. It
wasn't that bad a job.

On Mar 2, 2005, at 10:51 PM, A. Hurley wrote:

> My drivers side window fell down - I got the panel mostly off and kind
> of
> gerry-rigged it up....is  this a common occurrence and what could it
> be?
> It seems to be sliding up and down on the vertical piece, and the
> handle
> rolls around both ways....
>
> I just didn't have time to figure out how to get the door handle
> off....
>
> Andree
>
>
>
> Andree Hurley
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