I've had a similar experience to the earlier post on broken door handles -- the whole thing came off in my hand because the screws came loose. I've got the door taken apart, and appear to have all the parts -- it seems to have just popped loose. BUT, for the life of me, I can't get the actuating rod threaded between the handle's cradle and the opening lever. My Haynes shows a straight rod, but mine has a really funky bend that doesn't seem to fit. Is there some trick to this?