07 F150 Door Panel issues

[Nut Hair Trick 10+ year member]

So I went to deadening my doors last night and run new speaker wire to them, everything was great all night long. Doors came off easily, ran the wires, installed the deadening material, and everything looked really clean. But then, I broke my drill on the passenger side. Because of this, I went to putting my drivers side door back together and it seemed to pop down quite nice and firm. I started the screws that go through the door handle box and then the screw down in the window/door lock box. I then noticed that the middle left of the panel was sticking up and the clips weren't engaged in the holes in that part of the door. The panel was solid everywhere else but here. Here's the problem. I tried backing out the door handle bolts, and they are both stuck in there. When I tried to tighten or loosen them, they just sit there and spin, but they wont come out! I don't know if the problem is the back of the screw grommet/clip it screws into, or what, but the screw will rotate, catch, then rotate again. Well, I cant get my door back off to fix the unengaged clips. what do I do?

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[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Sounds interesting lol. Try putting a little pressure on the door panel when you try unscrewing the screws. Slide a wedge in between the door panel and the metal door skin itself to give you a little pressure on the screws. Sometimes it works //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[MisterGrubbs 5,000+ posts]

Sounds interesting lol. Try putting a little pressure on the door panel when you try unscrewing the screws. Slide a wedge in between the door panel and the metal door skin itself to give you a little pressure on the screws. Sometimes it works //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

^^^Best advice. I have not tackled my doors for the fact that I didnt want to screw up. Put pressure on the screw and give it some pressure so that it has something to use as a force to back out of the hole.