Epic Fail 🤯 | Why one must specify mortise locks when installed unequally centered & An Example

[@zach2763]

The client is kind of in a bind since those ADA thumbturns appear to be one solid machined piece. The right but probably long lead time and expensive answer is factory special order longer length spindles. In the past though, our shop has extended thumbturn lengths if the spindle is press fit/removable by sourcing longer appropriate sized length spindles and bonding with Loctite 680. It's a specialized loctite for slip fitted cylindrical metal parts.

[@absupplynet]

Thank you for the input. I have welded spindles or tailpieces when possible but prefer the option of ordering the correct extended spindle thumbturns so as to eliminate the possibility of a failure years down the road. Rich