How To Tighten Door Handles

If unthreaded pop the knob onto the shaft and snug to the door.

How to tighten door handles.

I show how i tightened my loose door handle that is made by kwikset. Give yourself a little room to spin properly and tighten the set screw. Tighten a loose door handle photo 1. Some tips on how to tighten loose door handles and find the hidden screws for models by kwikset schlage yale defiant ezset and mortice lock sets.

Using an awl or small screwdriver push the button in all the way and at the same time pull off the handle. Take doorknob to hardware store if necessary. From there tighten the set screw back into place. If threaded twist on the handle on the shaft until its neatly up against the door.

Identify the screw in the doorknob collar. Inspect the rod s surface and locate the groove where the set screw needs to be secured. Look around the collar on the doorknob and identify the set screw that is threaded into the collar. Release the tab or button remove the inside doorknob by locating the button like our model metal tab or wire clip on the side of the knob that acts as a release.

The detent is a spring activated pin concealed or small thin plate attached to the spindle that protrudes into a doorknob notch which prevents rotation.