How To Repair Door Handle Spring

Flip the button spring.

How to repair door handle spring.

Remove the door rose by inserting a small screwdriver into the small notch in the rose and twisting the tool to pop it off. Using an awl or small screwdriver push the button in all the way and at the same time pull off the handle. The chances are if you have sagging door handles you don t have a door handle with built in springs. There are circlip pliers with interchangeable jaws so they can act as either external circlip pliers or internal circlip pliers.

Remove the handle and check to make sure the large end of the spring is toward the door. If your door handles don t have built in springs. Hi this video shows you how to repair a broken door handle caused by a faulty door latch. If the small end of the spring is toward the door it may slip into the door hole and bind.

External circlip pliers are available on amazon for about 3 50. The button handle has a spring that is roughly cone shaped. Replacing a door handle spring is really quite simple the only special tool you need is a pair of external circlip pliers. This means the spring built into the door lock mechanism has worn out and unfortunately this isn t something you can fix without replacing the entire door lock gearbox.

Do you encounter that non return no tension floppy door handle. Kung fu maintenance shows door lock handle sagging has lost it s spring back qualities not bouncing back repair video get the new album up beat on itunes h. A quite odd video for my channel but it shows how to repair something and i m all about repairing old stuff i. Be careful so you don t chip any door paint.

The door handle started getting stiff and then stopped working and.