How To Take A Door Handle Off With Core Key

How to remove door handle and or key core beginner.

How to take a door handle off with core key.

With the plate removed you can now pull the latch mechanism through the side of the door. Pull the two halves apart out of the hole in the door. Find the screws on the side of the door that secure the latch plate. 18 2 rearward and remove it.

Place the broken end of the coping saw blade into the lock cylinder with the teeth pointed upwards. Carefully withdraw the cylinder with the key in place and replace it in the new handle. Often this set screw is the only thing holding the two halves of the lock in place. If your knob has a pinhole or small slot opening use a flathead screwdriver to push it inward.

Do not remove the key until the lock is in place if you do tiny parts and springs will shoot out all over the room. Take out the screws then carefully pry off the plate with a flat head screwdriver. Begin by holding the door knob securely in place. 2 use the flat head screwdriver to turn the spindle in the center of the door lock cylinder counterclockwise until it stops.

When the levers are installed correctly they frown that is the curve in the center of each handle faces up if you have a lock installed on a right hand door which is a door that swings open from right to left and you want to change it to a left hand door. Remove the latch mechanism if you re installing a new handle. Remove this screw using a drill or screwdriver. Schlage lock lever handles have a slight curve in the middle that makes the handle resemble a smile or if inverted a frown.

18 4 into the slot fig. The video starts with the knob already removed from the door. Insert the door key fig. Grasp the interior trim in one hand and the exterior trim in the other and try to pull them away from the door.

2000 s honda civic and basically any car. If you are trying to remove a car key that has teeth on both sides of the key you can slide the saw blade in with the teeth up or down. 18 3 on the bottom of the cover and lift up the key. Make sure any rubber gaskets are in place and slide the small end front of the door handle.

Wiggle the handle end until the blade squeezes in next to the key. Install the door handle. Look for a small set screw at the base of the handle. Pull the driver s door handle to the open position.