replying to Will, Gary Tarver wrote:
I also have a Schlage lockset with the exact problem that you are describing.
I have taken it off the door and WD40 sprayed all over. No change. It is
hitting something inside the latch mechanism. It has lasted 18 years so far,
bought from Home Depot, but I will need to get a new latch mechanism now.

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