A hammer may be needed if your lock is stuck step 1.
How to dismantle door lock.
You ll see the frame of the lock that holds the latch or dead bolt plug remaining in the hole.
Place the parts removed from the door and the door jamb onto a cloth rag.
Thy may be pretty grimy from their years of use.
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Pull the thumbturn unit away from the inside of the door followed by the outside cylinder unit from the outside of the door.
Unscrew the door handles.
If your doorknob has recessed screws you may need an allen wrench to remove them.
Removing a mortise lock requires no more tools than for removing a regular knob door lock.
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Once your latch plate is off and your casing bolts are removed pull the 2 halves of the lock straight out on each side of the door.
Remove the screws on both sides of the lock.
Typically you ll have to turn the screws counter clockwise to loosen them.
This screw will be on the shank of the inside knob the one you use to lock the door.
At this point the square tab on the spindle is aligned with the square.
You don t need to remove that unless you are changing out your entire door lock.
Unscrew the deadbolt mounting screws from the inside of the deadbolt with a phillips screwdriver.
Use a screwdriver to unscrew the exposed screws at the base of the knob.