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I had the same problem with my passengesr side inside door handle. I drilled off the head of the screw and removed the handle. This left about 1/4 inch of cut off screw shaft projecting out of the handle shaft. I was able to get a secure grip with a new pair of expensive "Vice Grip" brand vice grips (not a cheap knock off brand) By alternately loosening and tightening the stub I was finally able to screw it out. The problem was that previous person (unknown) had installed a too long screw which bottomed out and began to mushroom at the bottom of the tapped hole.
I then removed the handle screw from the drivers side and went to Home Depot and bought 3 similiar metric screws in a package. I don't have the Home Depot part number but can go get it if you need it. These 3 screws were also too long, about 1/4 of an inch. I used English standard electrical stripping plyers which also have crimping nose and tapped holes to cut off screws to desired length. One of the SAE tapped holes was close enough to metric that I could screw the screws in and cut to correct length. Cut off about 1/4 of an inch. I replaced the screws in both handles with these new phillips headed custom screws. Did not take that long and cost was less than $1.00. Still have one extra screw left for the future. I already had the new vice grips from a previous, non Alfa related, project.
Robert
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