How to Get a Yale Doorknob Off

Yale Doorknob

• 1

  Locate the release button on the neck of the doorknob.

• 2

  Depress the release button with the edge of a key, a nail or another similar object.

• 3

  Slide the doorknob off the door latch assembly while continuing to hold the release button in.

• 4

  Remove the tool used to depress the release button once the slot in the neck of the doorknob has slid past the button.

• 5

  Slide the doorknob off the latch assembly and remove it.

• 6

  Replace the doorknob by pushing the knob onto the tube of the latch assembly on the door. Rotate the knob until the slot in the neck of the knob lines up with the release button on the tube. Depress the release button with a suitable tool while pushing the knob inward. Remove the tool. Continue to push the knob inward until the spring-loaded release button pops through the slot in the neck of the doorknob.

Yale Handleset

• 7

  Remove the retaining screw at the bottom of the door handle on the inside surface of the door with a Phillips screwdriver.

• 8

  Remove the two screws from the faceplate of the interior doorknob with a Phillips screwdriver.

• 9

  Pull the handleset straight out from the exterior of the door.

• 10

  Install the handleset in the reverse order of removal.