Re: Retaining E-Clip for Kwikset Deadboat

Your local locksmith will be able to help.

But you need to realize that there is a reason the clip is broken. The most
common reason that these break is that the lock is not properly installed.

Check the holes in the door first. The 2 1/8 diameter hole in the door
should be at 2 3/8 inches from the edge of the door. If there is a bevel to
the edge of the door, then the measurement should be checked from the high
side of the bevel.

The 1 inch hole in the edge of the door needs to be square to the edge and
in line with the 2 1/8 " hole. There is a little room to fudge here but if
the lock binds at all when the screws are snugged down the lock will
continue to break.

If the lock works smoothly when the door is open, then check to see that it
works smoothly when the door is closed. The bolt traveling to full
extension should not rub at all.

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"John Curtiss" <john.curtissREMOVE@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:X1tOg.4078$xh3.2318@xxxxxxxxxxx
Problem is..... I put in an deadbolt and one day the e-clip that holds the
front keyed section to the shaft to the inside section, was broken.
Problem
is there was not enough clearance and it wore out too soon.

Where can a feller find one of these? The stock E-clips, C-clips, etc,
you
get at the hardware store won't work because the Kwikset has a center
piect
that is required by this lock.

Anyway, is there a usenet group I can post a picture and see if any of you
knuckleheads nose whure I kin gti one raht snappy like.




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