Kwikset Lever Door Handle Fell Off

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Kwikset lever door handle fell off.

The house door handle will continue to come off even after putting the handle back on. Kwikset offers door lever handles in styles including classic modern and contemporary as well as levers with superior security including kwikset s smartcode technology. Levers handles slide onto a rod assembly with a set screw. Looking at it there s a small hole in the lever and your first thought is that the set screw used to hold the lever in place came loose and fell off.

Place the lever back on to the shaft using a 3 32 hex wrench tighten the screw through the lever and shaft. I show how i tightened my loose door handle that is made by kwikset. Over time a house door handle can come loose and come off. A loose doorknob of any kind is a nuisance and if left unfixed it will eventually fall completely off the door.

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. Get free shipping on qualified kwikset brass door lever handles or buy online pick up in store today in the hardware department. I show how i tightened my loose door handle that is made by kwikset. Find kwikset door handles at lowe s today.

That silver button is the set screw. Typically the problem is the result of a missing or loose screw in the house door plate. The exterior handle came off. We have a kwikset commonwealth entry lock on our front door.