How To Tighten Lever Door Handles

These handles are available in a variety of styles and finishes to complement different decorating styles.

How to tighten lever door handles.

Tighten the screws or slotted bolts in the faceplate at the top and bottom of the handle on the front door. To reassemble snap the rose back on the chassis depress the release button and slide the knob back on until the button pops through the hole. 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. This type is found commonly on lever style door handles.

Unlike exposed screws on door hardware found on older homes modern door hardware is clean looking and consumers like the look of hardware that uses concealed screws to hold the lockset to the door. I show how i tightened my loose door handle that is made by kwikset. That s done by hiding the screws under a decorative cover plate that pops off but getting the doorknob off or lever in this case can be. Levers handles slide onto a rod assembly with a set screw.

Levers handles slide onto a rod assembly with a set screw. Most homeowners will find that these devices are easy to remove if they are broken or damaged or if they simply want to replace it with a new style. To depress the detent use the end of a metal paper clip or the point of an awl inserting it into the hole and pressing the detent down while twisting and removing the door handle shaft off the spindle. On curved handles that attach directly to the door the screws may be found in the top and bottom of the handle itself if there is no surrounding plate.

A loose lever requires some readjustment to properly fit into the rod assembly. A lever door handle is used in place of a traditional doorknob on many modern locksets. A loose doorknob of any kind is a nuisance and if left unfixed it will eventually fall completely off the door. When dealing with a lever door handle fixing the problem will require only the most basic of tools and about 10 minutes of time.

This screw fits in a groove on the round lever rod.