Kwikset Lever Door Handle Fell Off

I show how i tightened my loose door handle that is made by kwikset.

Kwikset lever door handle fell off.

Over time a house door handle can come loose and come off. The locking mechanism on the house door handle might fail to properly open and latch the door. If you are experiencing the lever falling off the set screw is still in the shaft. That silver button is the set screw.

Kwikset offers door lever handles in styles including classic modern and contemporary as well as levers with superior security including kwikset s smartcode technology. 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. 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.

We have a kwikset commonwealth entry lock on our front door. The house door handle will continue to come off even after putting the handle back on. Get free shipping on qualified kwikset brass door lever handles or buy online pick up in store today in the hardware department. 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. A loose doorknob of any kind is a nuisance and if left unfixed it will eventually fall completely off the door. Typically the problem is the result of a missing or loose screw in the house door plate. The exterior handle came off.