>Hi Art,
Yes, the latch mechanism did have two screws holding it in. >----- Original Message ----- >From: Art Rizzino >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 6:28 AM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] replacing knob on mobile home door > >Kevin, >did the latch mechanism have two screws holding >it in? I believe that I have seen mobile home >doors that did not have any screws holding the >latch in. Also sometimes mobile homes use non >standard hardware for many things. Maybe the >door is one of the things that uses non standard hardware. Good luck. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Kevin Doucet >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 11:06 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] replacing knob on mobile home door > >Hi, > >A friend wants to replace the door knob on the front door of her >mobile home. We took off the old knob and its innards and can't get >the new tongue mechanism to fit in to the edge of the door. Seems a >mettle sleeve has been inserted in to the round whole in the edge >which prevents the new lock mechanism to slide in from the side of >the door. Should this mettle sleeve need to be removed and if so, how? > >Thanks for any help or clarifying questions as I am sure I did not >explain it very well. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
