If you are experiencing the lever falling off the set screw is still in the shaft.
How to remove kwikset lever door handle.
Ensure your door cannot close on its own or that you have another way to enter you home.
Loosen the outer ring.
This is the kwikset venetian bronze door handle set.
Remove the two screws on the inside door knob faceplate using a phillips head screwdriver.
Insert the key that currently operates your lock.
Insert the head of a flathead screwdriver.
Locate the depression or lip along the perimeter of the outer ring.
Remove the shaft screw by turning counterclockwise with a screwdriver or hex wrench.
The screws secure the knobs together to the door.
A set screw is typically installed along the base of the lock on the interior side of the door.
Insert the key that currently operates your lock.
Remove the lever by pulling outward from the shaft.
Remove the smarkey tool.
Set this lever aside.
Step 3 pull the second lever out of the door knob opening.
Rotate the key 90 degrees clockwise.
Rotate the key 90 degrees clockwise.
That silver button is the set screw.
Expose hidden set screws.
Remove the current key.
Insert the smartkey tool fully and firmly into the smartkey hole.
Open the door so that you have access to front and back of the door you are removing the kwikset door knob from.
Remove the current key.
Slide one side of the lever handle off the door knob opening.
Inspect the lever and faceplate on both sides of the door and locate the single mounting screw on the lever shaft and two or more screws on the.
Remove the smarkey tool.
If you remove the lever and on one side of the shaft there is a hole and the other side there is a silver button.
Use a screwdriver to remove the set screws which will release the lock and lever from the.
It may be hidden.
Ensure your door cannot close on its own or that you have another way to enter you home.
You may feel the tool click inside the lock.
Grab the knob handles on both sides of the door and simultaneously turn both handles clockwise.
This video includes the removal of the old handle and the complete installation of the new one.
Place the lever back on to the shaft using a 3 32 hex wrench tighten the screw through the lever and shaft.
How to remove a lever door handle without screws.