Residential & Commercial Security - Locks, Keys & Dead Bolts - Moss,brand knob removal question
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killintime
02-13-09, 11:03 AM
Hello everybody. I'm new here and this is my first post. of corse I have a question right off the bat.
I have a "Moss" brand( grey in color) locking door knob that I want to remove . it has me stumpped. It is the type that has no visible screws. I do see a small hole in the bottom of the outter portion of the knob shaft. I know some knob set's have a simular type hole to access a tention type pin you can push in and pull the knob off. This one doesnt seem to be cooperating at all. Am I missing somthing here? If anybody has any advise for me except a rather large hammer and some cuss word's I would be greatly appreciative of the new knoledge. Thank you in advance !
I will be parussing this site often as my wife and I own a 1960's era house. I like to tackle most of projects myself.
Mark
I have a "Moss" brand( grey in color) locking door knob that I want to remove . it has me stumpped. It is the type that has no visible screws. I do see a small hole in the bottom of the outter portion of the knob shaft. I know some knob set's have a simular type hole to access a tention type pin you can push in and pull the knob off. This one doesnt seem to be cooperating at all. Am I missing somthing here? If anybody has any advise for me except a rather large hammer and some cuss word's I would be greatly appreciative of the new knoledge. Thank you in advance !
I will be parussing this site often as my wife and I own a 1960's era house. I like to tackle most of projects myself.
Mark
GlobalLocky
02-14-09, 04:05 AM
most entrance sets require the key to be turned in order to depress the retainer pin.
rstripe
02-14-09, 02:27 PM
Hole on the bottom of the inner spindle? Not familiar with Moss brand, but most "Key-in-the-Knob" type locks have the knob retainer on the side, in line with the latch. Sometimes you have to push in or pull out on the knob to get the retainer right under the hole so you can poke it.
On some of the older Yale locks, you had to rotate the inner knob about 45 degrees to bring the retainer in line with the hole...try that too.
On some of the older Yale locks, you had to rotate the inner knob about 45 degrees to bring the retainer in line with the hole...try that too.