How to change the hand of a sash lock. How to reassemble spacers and levers on a 3-lever mortice lock when the order is not known. The example shown is a Yale 3 lever mortice sashlock. Click "Show More" for a transcript.
God bless you, I just spent 2 hours trying to fit a new Yale 2 Lever Sashlock , it was pretty much the same as the old broken one on my Workshop door but I had to reverse the bolt. I really couldn't figure it out, nothing on the Yale website, I had got to the point where I was going to take all the loose parts and hurl them into the back garden when I came across your video, I had sorted it out and fitted it within 30 minutes, blood pressure now down to a normal level, thanks very much for taking the time : )
Brilliant! Thank you so much. I was replacing a 3 lever sash lock and discovered the latch needed reversing. Upon opening the case all the levers and spacers flew in all directions. I would have been completely lost without the guidance from your video. Thanks so much for sharing.
Wow. this totally saved me, i opened the case and all the springs and spacers leapt for freedom. watching this amazing vid I is was able to reassemble and all works fine.. THANK YOU.
RU-vid is amazing - I bought exactly the same lock, tried to do exactly the same thing and had exactly the same problem. And there is a video explaining how to fix it! Followed your instructions and it worked - thanks!
Just wanted to say thank you, i needed to know how the locking arms were positoned as i taken apart my 25 year old Focus DIY 2 lever mortice lock to regrease it and those spring loaded bits flew out. cheers mate.
Thanks for this! Wish I had looked it up earlier today. I opened the lock and the springs flew out everywhere. Got it all working again thanks to this video! 👍
Thanks for this, life saver, all my levers sprung out and took me hours fiddling with it until I found this video. The Yale instructions are totally rubbish. For anyone struggling to see the numbers, the correct order of the levers and spacers seems to be (from top to bottom): 2, 1, spacer, spacer, 3
Thank you so much! Your video enabled me to reverse the latch and more importantly put back the springs that went everywhere! The leaflet that came with the lock made no sense. Thanks again!
Brilliant, I have just had a problem with a new lock that flew apart as soon as I took the back off to turn the latch direction. I tried replacing the levers and spacers in as many combinations as I could until my patience expired and just re-assembled it and fitted it. I just didn’t think of replacing the levers one at at time! I wasn’t too concerned that it now can’t lock as it is an internal door and not really required for security but I just felt that I had to get the thing working for my own curiosity (and pride) you might say. It is actually an old external door that I restored and re-purposed because of it’s wonderful Victorian stained glass upper, the ancient lock gave out because it the door was so bowed and weathered that it never closed on it’s internal frame without a fair amount of pressure and the strain eventually broke the original lock. I’ll have another bash now as it’ll come in handy to lock the family out when I’m having a crafty tipple while cooking!
Nice one, works for two lever mortise and simpler to reset when it all jump out as happened here. Most useful bit was the layout of the springs etc. when opened. Many thanks.
Many, many thanks for this video. I removed the cover from my lock and the insides exploded into an array of jumbled plates and springs. I followed your instructions and after much angst and at the umpteen attempt, I managed to put it back together again. In my opinion the instruction sheet is a “pile of pants”........meaning, it is total garbage........meaning it is not fit for purpose. Many thanks again, Jim
Excellent video, particularly as you encountered the 'usual' difficulties and showed how to recover from them. I have one of these where the lock bolt doesn't retract quite far enough causing it to bind the door into the lockplate. It's about a 0.5mm problem and can be resolved with a sharp tug. It's an old lock and I hope I will find an issue (like compacted grit or similar) and rectify it. But I don't want to pull it part without knowing what I am doing! Thank you.
Can you do one for a Yale 5 lever British Standard Sashlock (maximum security). I have taken the screw out to reverse the catch but a small spring has come loose from somewhere but i cannot for the life of me figure out where it goes, please help.