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Posted by DanG on January 6, 2007, 7:26 am
Remove inside knob (you have already done that)
There is thin shell "rose" that is covering up the
through-the-door screws that hold the two halves together. You do
not need to remove the outside handle. Once you remove the
through bolts, the inside and outside pieces come right off.
There are usually 2 screws holding the strike in the edge of the
door. Once those screws are out it should pull out. Sometimes
all of the above can be compounded by multiple layers of paint,
etc.
The "rose" can be difficult to pop off. Look around the
perimeter, there should be a very small slot where it touches the
door that can allow you to use a very small screwdriver to pop it
off.
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>I have an old front door with a lockset that I can't for the life
>of me get out.
>
> It's an old Schlage - could date back 15 years or even more. It
> has the key-in-knob lock.
>
> The inside knob came off easily enough. But the outside knob
> will not come off.
>
> There's some sort of interlock between the latch (the part that
> engages the door frame) and the square shaft that joins the
> knobs.
>
> There's no apparent release mechanism, no visible screws, pins,
> etc. holding it together.
>
> The latch part will come out about 1/8" before it stops.
>
> The outside knob will come out about 3/16" before it stops.
>
> And the guts that the inside knob was attached to come out about
> 3/16" before they stop.
>
> After that it all seems to hit some kind of pin/interlock and
> nothing will come out any further.
>
> I could drill it out, but that would create a huge mess of
> filings. I'd rather find a way to get it out sanely....
>
> --Yan
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