AboutLynn Chambers Expertise Any and all questions about general locksmithing. NO SAFE QUESTIONS PLEASE. Commercial and residential hardware experience of 10 years. I cannot answer questions about picking or bumping locks for obvious reasons of security. I do not work on safes,safe deposit boxes or vaults or newer automobiles. Older auto lock questions I can answer.PLEASE if you have a question,be very specific. Give me as much information as you can on your particular problem;include a photo if possible.The more information I have the better I can help you.
Experience Ten years as a locksmith in commercial,residential,auto locks and master-keying systems. Experienced in Interchangeable cores and Medeco locks.Currently working as an Institutional Locksmith.
Question We removed the door knob to be replace it...could not find a replacement that fit. Now we are trying to put the old dexter back and it will not go back as before ..the knob is loose on the inside and cannot get it back in place. When removing we pushed on the spring. How can we get it back on? thank you for your kind response.
Answer Replace the lock! Any Home Depot or Lowes will have a replacement. Kwikset usually works fine for Dexter as it was made by Master lock company.Follow the included instructions with the new lock and make sure you have the proper backset on the latch. Maybe the backset is 2 3/4,an odd size.Pictures would have been helpfull.
