Open the door wide and put on a pair of safety glasses to protect your eyes.
How to fix a stuck front door lock.
The knob will not turn to retract the stuck door latch.
Start by trying to push the lock button.
Ideally the opening of the tube will be small enough to fit inside of the lock.
Insert the straw into the opening of the lock.
Equip a rotary tool with a carbide tip bit.
Take note of the type of resistance.
Try to open the door while it is shut.
Troubleshooting a stuck door latch.
A door knob lock button stuck has a few quick fixes that you can try out.
If you break off a screw head or strip it use an inexpensive device called a screw extractor to remove it.
Filing the strike 1.
Then press the opening of the tube in the lock.
The door latch is not extended before rotating the knob.
Insert the tip into the latch.
If the gap between the door and jamb is angled then the door isn t square.
If this works then you can open the door and it s time to replace the dead latch.
3 if this does not help remove the knob.
In most cases the problem is now fixed.
The latch will not retract even when the knob is turned.
To take yours out just use your phillips screw driver again to take out the two screws in the face plate.
Sometimes the cause of a stuck deadbolt is a misaligned or out of square door.
Start by cutting the tube of powdered graphite at an angle and covering the ground under the door with paper towels to catch extra graphite.
Inspect the strike plate on the edge of the door frame.
Release the button quickly try sliding your finger off the button so the pressure is maintained up until the precise moment of release with no backing off.
Adjust the hinges so that the door is straight.
2 hold the knob on the other side of the door and turn the loose knob clockwise until it fits snugly.
You can tighten a simple interior mortise lockset like the one shown at left as follows.
You may want to spray wd40 or other lubricant on the lock mechanism.
Place the end of the straw into the opening of the lock where you normally insert your key.
Tighten the screws that go into the door and the screws that go into the door frame.
1 loosen the setscrew on the knob s shank.
Push and hold the button in.
Do not over tighten the screws or you may strip break them.
Guide the straw as far in as you can to make sure you re hitting every part of the locking mechanism that might be sticking with the wd 40.
