Hi this video shows you how to repair a broken door handle caused by a faulty door latch.
Latch on door handle stuck.
The idea here is to remove your door s handle and trying to pull the latch back from within the latch mechanism to get the door open.
Pull the door latch out of the door.
This is because the issue is not with the door and not even with the control the knob has over the stuck latch.
Many door knob and lockset problems can be corrected before they become so serious that the lockset does not work at all.
The door handle started getting stiff and then stopped working and.
The turning of the handle retracts the latch by pulling on the spring and compressing it.
This can be done with a screwdriver flat or phillips to remove all screws of the door handle s plates.
You can see where the cylinder entered the dead latch mechanism and pulled the latch back.
The issue a door latch stuck due to a jamming latch will have no real variation between how the latch moves when it is pressed in or when the handle is turned both when the door is open and when it is shut.
Use the screwdriver to lever the latch out of the door.
In the resting state of the lock the spring is extended.
Expert advice on how to repair common problems with door knob locks and deadbolts such as stuck or frozen door locks latches that don t latch and keys broken off in door locks.
You should first test the door latch to ensure the latch is sticking inside the door and not due to a misaligned strike plate.
Ensure that the door is unlocked before doing so.
Turn the knob to open the door and release the knob slowly.
A sticking door latch might require some lubrication or it might be jamming against the strike plate on the door jamb.
When the door knob is locked the handle will not turn which keeps the latch from retracting.
On the kwikset locks this looks like two little teeth that the cylinder pushes back.
If it won t come out this is sometimes the case with stuck latches insert your screwdriver into the latch at the point where the door knobs intersected with it.