In article , "George" wrote:
Not exactly woodworking . . . sorry if this is OT

I'm trying to replace old (1970s) doorhandles. Trouble is, I can't see how
the old one comes off! I can unsnap the flange, but I don't see any screws
underneath.

The screws are probably underneath the flange on the other side of the door.

There are no hidden screws on the handle itself. It's a round
handle, the neck of which goes through the flange into the door. On the neck
of the handle there is a slot, but pushing a screwriver through the slot
does nothing.

There's *supposed* to be a catch behind that slot in the handle, and pressing
on it with a screwdriver releases it. Then you can pull the knob off. If there
isn't a catch behind that slot, then the knob either isn't aligned with the
catch, or isn't pushed on far enough to have engaged the catch; either way,
you should be able to pull the knob off. Sometimes this requires a lot of
force, maybe even a pry bar -- use a block of scrap wood between the pry bar
and the door to avoid damage to the door.

Once you have the knobs off, removing the flanges is trivial. Then you should
be able to see how to get the rest of the mechanism out.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)

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