How To Repair A Baldwin Door Lock

Step 1 remove the deadbolt turn knob assembly and the lock cylinder if the deadbolt won t turn without the key in it.

How to repair a baldwin door lock. Their line of door hardware includes levers in a wide variety of styles materials and color combinations. How to install a baldwin estate screen door handleset. How to install a baldwin reserve keyed entry. Repairs range from making minor latch adjustments to repositioning the door.

Tighten the hinge screws and then try adjusting the strike plate by loosening its screws and shifting it slightly. If you are handy with a screwdriver take your broken thumblatch off the door and take it to a baldwin dealer. Conversion kit escutcheon sectional trim. That translates to premature failure.

Door lock doesn t latch properly when a door latch doesn t click into position it usually means the latch and the strike plate are out of alignment. If you have a antique mortise lock or a baldwin estate mortise lock and your brass or glass door knob or lever handle keeps coming off or slipping here are some suggestions for repair. Except as otherwise provided below spectrum brands inc for its baldwin hardware brand products baldwin warrants to the original residential purchaser the purchaser that each baldwin estate product the product s or baldwin product s shall be free of mechanical defects under normal use from the date of purchase for as long as the. Since 1946 baldwin hardware has been handcrafting hardware for doors cabinets and other fixtures in residential and commercial installations.

The baldwin door lever itself is held in place by a small screw on the side of the lever. All baldwin locks used to have a lifetime warranty so don t take yours apart if you originally bought the lock because it probably voids the warranty to do so. Step 2 expose the cylinder set by lifting the released armor front away from the door. The armor front is where the lock and tongue come along the swinging edge of the door.

From the inside of the door extend the deadbolt all the way out by turning the slotted screw in the center of the mechanism clockwise with a flat head screwdriver. Baldwin hardware runs on the heavy side and if you screw it in where it hangs it will be pulling the latch down from where it should rest. Just call 1 800 baldwin and tell them it failed and they ll send you replacement parts specifically called the thumb depressor transmission repair kit. Release the armor of the lock by unscrewing any screws holding it in place.