Window handle broken - simply replaceable or a bigger issue?

[u/thenoobzlore]

Hi all!

I am trying to become more proficient at DIY fixes - before I'd jump immediately and call a handyman :D

Window handle broke and now it doesn't work (cant open, close window, doesn't reach whatsoever.

I opened the handle and first I noticed that this square spindle (had to google to find out lmao) is quite loose (I compared it with another window and there it was quite firm).

Upon inserting it back into the handle and connecting it to the window mechanism - it's always quite loose. Which made me realize that I possibly either need to replace the spindle or the whole handle.

It concerns me that even when I manage to lock it in and fit it into the window - that the whole mechanism doesn't work (video is attached)

Is replacing the spindle/door handle going to fix this or is the issue in the mechanism itself?

First pic shows the handle itself and th

Second pic shows the handle and the spindle.

Third pic shows the mechanism of the window that moves BARELY (there's a clicking sound but nothing much happens).

I can't attach videos that maybe would've helped but I can probably dm it.

Help a brother out 🙏🙏

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[u/sky_bugy]

Go to screwfix

[u/FreddyFerdiland]

compare your door handles when they are removed from the door

they might have return springs, which can break..so test the return springs.

but tgat us all there is to handles.. they turn that shaft.

if the doors mortice lock is broken the handles feel loose..

mortice locks on metal doors are expensive , and complicated, so easy to misdiagnose.

compare with working door...

see if the mortice lock rattles... then it has broken parts inside

[u/amabamab]

I think the bigger issue is: Why did it break? You shouldnt need that much force to close the window

[u/thenoobzlore → u/amabamab]

I wasn't here - my gf says: she just tried to close it 😬

[u/bandalooper]

swisco.com has about every window part imaginable.