How To Fix Door Handle Spring

Where the door handles are not sprung typically seen on coloured nylon and commercial stainless steel handles it is advised to use latches or locks with heavy duty springs.

How to fix door handle spring. Flip the button spring. But some current brands and most older door hardware use hidden chassis screws photo 2 a setup that requires you to take the doorknob and rose cover plate apart to tighten. Most door hardware made today uses exposed screws accessible from the room side of the door to connect the two halves of the handle to each side of the door. Remove the handle and check to make sure the large end of the spring is toward the door.

The button handle has a spring that is roughly cone shaped. This means the spring built into the door lock mechanism has worn out and unfortunately this isn t something you can fix without replacing the entire door lock gearbox. 15 to 30 minutes this video will guide you through the process of repairing replacing or tightening your door handles at your home. If the small end of the spring is toward the door it may slip into the door hole and bind.

A quite odd video for my channel but it shows how to repair something and i m all about repairing old stuff i. The chances are if you have sagging door handles you don t have a door handle with built in springs. If your door handle is not returning to the horizontal position it is almost certainly because the spring has broken in either one or both of the handles on the door. On this type of handle all the sprung force is provided by the latch.

Replacing a door handle spring is really quite simple the only special tool you need is a pair of external circlip pliers.