"Marilyn & Bob" wrote in message
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Use an ice pick long awl or similar instead of the screw. The should
allow
you to have the female part out far enough so you can see where to insert
the end of the ice pick. Then put the female end in flush with the door
with the pick still in. This should help in lining up the screw hole with
the receiver. Remove the pick. It then should be easier to line up the
screw with the receive. Just start that screw (do not tighten). Use the
ice pick to try to find the receiver for a second screw.

The problem with the ice pick idea is that the knob gets in the way.

The manufacturer (Kwikset) has done several things over the years to make
this easier. First, they had an under sized boss on the end of the screw
that would hold the screw in the tube until you could get the threads
started, now they have a nifty setup where you install the screws into the
tubes before you insert the outside knob, and the inside knob rose plate has
a slotted arraignment that you can twist into place and then tighten the
screws. Pretty slick.

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Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.