On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:14:28 -0500, jim evans
wrote:

Does anyone know an easy way to line up the screws when reinstalling a
doorknob like this
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/2...obp1060624.jpg

I fussed with a single screw for ten minutes then got my wife (who has
more patience than me) and she must have fooled with it for 10-15
minutes before getting them started. I have this problem every time I
take of knobs like this.

Wiggling is an important part, like Stormin says.

If the screw can be pushed so far in that its head rests in the
depression in the door knob bezel, then you missed the tube it's
supposed to screw into. Don't waste your time trying to tighten it.
Pull it out a half inch or inch and try to push it in more straightly,
more straight-on. If straight on has been tried succesfully, then try
for off-center a few times, 3 o'clock, 9 o'clock, 12 o'clock, 6
o'clock, hen go back to aiming for the center.

Is the problem that you never hit the tube, or you hit the tube, but
can't maneuver the screw to the center of the tube where it will screw
in?