How To Remove A Broken Doorknob

[@wilhewitt1]

THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! Just got back from vacation & could not get in the front door! Took the knob apart (came in the back door) but COULD NOT get the tumbler pin out. Your video saved me a bundle (it is New Years Eve!) Taped over the knob hole & used the dead bolt to secure the door for the night,,,, next stop Home Depot for a new knob!

[@mudtang89]

My neighbor just came over asking for help with his jammed bolt. After messing with it for 10 minutes, I was stumped. Found this video on my first search and the bolt is now out! Nice!!!

[@chrislovesyoubb]

Oh my God I was stuck in my computer room for an hour. God bless you. I tore the entire damn thing apart.

[@ScottBaker_]

This saved my bacon! Fortunately my door was open when the latch broke. I never would have figured out how to get the spindle out though if I hadn't watched this a couple of times and then played around with my particular door knob. Thanks!

[@madbug1965]

Thank you! You probably saved me a hundred bucks in calling a locksmith out to remove this stuck doorknob.

[@suecartney2548]

I' m with D Harley, this video was Great!. the last door knob I changed was 20 yrs ago in a 1945 house. Locks were a lot less complicated to replace in those days but houses were easier to break into in those days too. Thanks so much for the help. Much appreciated!

[@natureshamy]

I just got locked inside my bathroom and this video allowed me to get back to my loved ones. thank you, sir.

[@vickieshirtz8536]

I spoke to early I wasn't able to take the lock apart but I took the hinges off and went on the other side and push the door off then I was able to take that bolt out.

[@katelyncobain8096]

😭💀💀

[@fire2423]

Bruh this guy just saved my life lol, I was working on this door for about 7 hours and as soon as I heard my parents were coming home this video showed up on my for you page. Good work man !!!

[@shaka888]

Thank You! Just spent an hour tinkering and was thinking I would have to call a locksmith. You just saved me a bundle!

[@oualie705]

Thank you Brian. Your video of you explaining the lock helped me to open my stuck latch assembly. The discovery of the hole you mentioned at 6 min, to release the stuck dead latch button, was the key info I needed. Never noticed that hole before!

[@lolajohnson7776]

Thank you thank you!!! After an hour of fiddling with broken knob and being stuck in our house, we found your video. At the 5:30 mark in the video you saved us a call to the locksmith!!

[@vikramsarabhai1]

I had the same exact problem, and the little push thing was not fully working at the begining for me, but I persisted and also used WD-40 and magic it worked. Thank You so much for this video.

[@alexandraedwards7315]

I got the handles and spindle off on my own, but have tried and tried to get the bolt to retract, to no avail. But but but... I've just seen your video (after seeing countless others), and am renewed with hope. Can't wait to try the secret tiny hole in which you push while dragging the bolt back. I just know this will work.

[@jaw112197]

We just want to THANK YOU for posting this!! We followed your directions and did it OURSELVES! AWESOME!!!

[@4vrJaci]

This video is very helpful for the Quickset type of door knob. However, if you do not have the same type of set-up and the release pins do not work at all and you have been unable to remove the cylinder portion, the easiest way to take care of the problem is to remove the bolts from the hinges and push the door off at the angle. This requires two people, but if you push the backside of the door off the hinges, once it is away from the door casing you simply slid the door away from the door knob area and viola, you can remove the broken locked cylinder. This happened to us tonight and I was able to teach my daughters how to handle the situation without freaking out. They had googled the problem and found this video before they told me what happened. When it did not work for them, they came to get me and we worked it out together. Good learning experience for them. Thank you to Braino07 for posting his video. I know it will help those with similar mechanisms.

[@user-jw9mo8oo4d]

Other video says cut it with saw but you show me right way to do it. Thank you. I really appreciate it and saved me a lot of time/

[@tahirgilani1384]

Thanks for sharing VERY hidden information that I came about after cutting down all metal pieces. Lesson learned.

[@lavotan]

Thank you for your video ! It helped a lot . My hubby was shocked that I removed the broken lock.

[@michaelbaydoun1860]

This was exactly what we needed to get our garage door open, thanks!

[@justincunningham3458]

Thanks for this video...it helped me break out of my own house when this happened to the (fairly new) kwikset knob on the door to my garage. Needless to say I'll be shopping for something other than a Kwikset to replace it with - I never had a problem like this with the Schlage locks I've had in the past.

[@NavaVive]

Over 100,000 people forgot to like this video. I was lazy and went straight for the the little slot, it ended up being a one woman job ; ) , your amazing, thank you much.

[@kwysocki]

omg thank you! our door knob was jammed up and the part when you placed the allen wrench into the bolt part is what helped us out! thank you again

[@jahelbig]

Dude thank you so much! Really helped me get a latch out that was stuck in an outside door. I do agree that others may want to skip ahead to 4:45 mark to get to that part

[@wfharty3]

You saved me with this. I was in exactly the same boat as you with the bolt being stuck in the chamber. I never would have found that hole/release mechanism. Another funny thing.....I was using the exact same headlamp. Anyway, thanks again. You definitely saved me a call to the locksmith.

[@matthewlarime729]

This is exactly what happened to my door knob and this video was extremely helpful. Thank you

[@gregmilstead2888]

Thank you for sharing your video.I stuck some tweezers on the side of the latch where that small hole was and it didn't move,but once I sprayed a little WD-40 in the whole,the latch then moved freely....thanks again sir!!!

[@coventgardenmartin]

awesome. my room mate broke his lock and we couldnt get the cylinder out and that little switch inside did the trick! thanks!!

[@DawnX21]

Thank you so much! The pinhole trick worked great to get my lock working again. You saved me a call to my landlord after I "broke" the lock while trying to lubricate it. :P Also, I found it helpful to keep the knob turned while reassembling it to prevent the plate from locking again.

[@jenniferpollock921]

Thank you so much for this! I have not been able to figure this out for 3 days and used your method to get the bolt to move and it worked great!! Thanks again!

[@CoachingStrategies]

This helped me fix my door! Internal pins were stuck in locked position. A push with the screwdriver and the pins popped back out. Used some WD40 and it's good as new! Thanks!

[@chestrockwell3491]

Thank God for this video!!

[@CommentsfromRick]

Thanks for posting this - it helped me out a bunch - Didn't know where to start and got my door fixed in about a half hour after watching this.

[@stephenfreeman8364]

Thanks! That little hole trick did it! I was going to take the door off the hinges! Great video!

[@meganczarnocki1165]

You are a gentleman man saint!!! Thank you for sharing this!!! Saved us!

[@renequeen3404]

Ommmg thank uuu. My brother accidently broke the door. When he close the door we were stuck. This helpes us finally get out from the bedroom.

[@bennattj]

Thanks, got the bolt out. Ended up having to buy the cheapest door knob I could find and just use that bolt (since I didn't want new keys and/or deal with a locksmith).

[@bennattj]

Hahahahaha, this showed up on my homepage feed. Watched it. Was thinking to myself, lol, I remember fixing this on my own...apparently this video is what helped me do it.

[@mikeymike9616]

Great job figuring that little hidden hole. Thank you!

[@tommytorreson2]

My basement door would not open. So I went back and forth locking it and unlocking it but the bolt would not move. So I took off the door knob and heard the door knob from inside the basement fall off the door. What to do now? So I found your video and with that little pin hole trick I was at least able to pry open the door. Still it did not turn but once I took it off i noticed something on the inside was broken and probably why the door handles would not spin or turn the bolt to open. You actually saved me from calling the lock smith and shelling out the mulah! Thank You!

[@Tigre513]

Fantastic! I just used your video to solve my problem.

[@jesslynnratzker]

OMG!! thank you for your helpful video!!!!! My daughter locked her bedroom door and I was having trouble with the dead bolt. Now she can go to bed!!! :)

[@chow23c]

That worked like a charm! Turns out that little safety bolt in there had snapped on mine and was leaving the main bolt jammed.

[@agssyal]

hey man , your knob hole trick helped me a lot . you saved me man, thanks a lot.

[@daceved2]

That last part at 5:35 did the trick. Thanks!

[@carolmitchell745]

THANK YOU!! Exactly what I needed to know to get the bolt out of the door!

[@punjabipapa]

Min 6.18 - exactly what I needed to open our door - thank you!

[@lisaholmberg3315]

Thank you!! Huge help with that last trick on releasing the lock.

[@dhartley2020]

I can't THANK YOU enough for taking the time to post this. Our garage doorknob broke and we weren't able to gain entry. After watching this I was able to remove it pretty easily! Much thanks!!!!

[@dwohlgem]

Thanks, this helped me remove the handle and get the door open.

[@martinrola2984]

Thank you for taking the time to share! This really helped me!

[@immortalfool7627]

I had to completely destroy the dead blot with a drill bit and pull out the springs to get at the piece connected to the bolt. I should have watched your video first!

[@kristenwarren1164]

Thank you!! This totally worked like a charm! I never would have figured this out :)

[@christopherbellmar6946]

THANK YOU!! This worked and save us much frustration...

[@BasicInputOutputcom]

best kwickset video on KZbin!

[@bdwilliamscraig]

Ended our frustration and saved the day. Thanks!

[@wallacecoleman7601]

Awesome video! Had exactly the same problem and this allowed me to open the door.

[@kbasic1042]

Thanks my doorknob was really messed up.. jk I couldn’t lock my door so I ressembled the doorknob and really screwed up. The spindle was not really hard at all to get out. I was left clueless on how to get the last part out. I was doing this at night when the rest of my family was asleep. So I was doing it from the inside. I realized that I was going to get locked in if I don’t solve this. I went to my phone and watched a cupple vids that were useless than I found this. 4:45 is when you take the final part out. The whole processes took 2 1/2 hours for me. Mostly because I was clueless. I did this entirely by myself, but help would have been nice.Thanks!

[@kbasic1042]

Also the problem on mine was the last part was plastic and BROKE!!! Thanks again

[@PCG1220X]

Worked for me, just needed an AK-47 punch tool and a flat head screwdriver to reach the parts. Thanks ;)

[@danielbell230]

Thank you for video. Actual content comes at 5:50 if you want to fast forward.

[@Vorpike]

Most of the videos here about this are the same...and don't regard the issue of the cylinder not being able to be taken. I finally found this one, that does regard this issue, and I found a similar switch that indents when I press on it (they're two bumps in the same place as the pinhole, intuition says that those bumps/pinhole are always on the inside side of the knob), however, I still can't rotate the cylinder.

[@piuspatel]

Best way is using waste credit card kind card. I used card and try to insert in the gap push it hard at the same time push the door towards you. When half of the card inside push the card downward.

[@HymerHousehold]

Thanks for the compliment & glad I could help! :)

[@jenellehodgkins]

I have the same problem, but when I put a paper clip in the small hole, nothing clicks. I’ve been messing with their for several days!! HELP !!

[@Nagali]

I broke my doorknob:(( And I'm gonna try fix it now. Thank you for sharing your video.

[@jenniferfalco4823]

THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS SAVED US SO MUCH $$$

[@jharmon08]

This video was a BIG help!! Thank you!!

[@yfz4444]

You just saved me from takin a chain saw to my door. Thanks

[@Miee0105]

Thank you for posting this.

[@rustica567]

Thanks, I had the same problem and this took care of it.

[@DAgayton9558]

Excellent tutorial!!!! Thank you!!!!

[@Uzamaki703]

My room is locked and the latches are in the inside and the frame is too far out for me to use a cards. I unscrewed the door knob and took it out but the latch is still stuck in there. HELP PLZ :(

[@Gaobaoayu123]

really helpfull! save me today!! thank you for upload this!

[@Bontempolove]

Saved us! Thanks!

[@deborahsdestiny7978]

I looked and looked at the video I still can not get the latch out 😭😭😭 what else can I do ? Please help !!!!!!

[@sukhgill5951]

Thank you! It worked.

[@fredjoh]

Hi, If you're still out there...I have gotten everything out except the "bolt", (which is broken), but mine does not have that little hole!!! I have tried everything to get it to turn, but on day two now, my husband is out of town and I am determined to get this thing out!!! Mine is a Kwikset, but a different model. I have tried to look on other sites to no avail. Any advice!!

[@mark44malouin]

Just watch from 5 minutes to 6 minutes for the "key" information!

[@80Fantasma]

What if the Part that is broken is the bolt, when you stick in the tweezers and push it back with a screw driver it doesn't pull the bolt back... Am I experiencing something very bad? Am I gonna have Break my door? Thank for any help...

[@ErikaBuchanan]

Exactly what I need to know. Our latch is stuck shut.

[@donnawooton3150]

It worked! You save me!

[@Marhear2010]

Greta video at 5:36 said I got it. I don't have that hole though. Ever hear of that. Thanks

[@jozelopez9]

I pushed the button it’s worked for awhile then I let go and it locked again PLEASE HELP

[@hixboxman1018]

thank you for making this!!!

[@ALEXPEAK]

what happens if my doorknob jammed but my instict was to smash but it's now stuck locked :0

[@tulipsontheorgan]

4:47 to get to the fix :D

[@veerchasm1]

Hey thanks for that link... 😂

[@l1legendx]

Good shit man! dis vid helped alot homie G

[@bryanmark6858]

how do u remove the plate from the latch?

[@croixfrozy1885]

Lol my dad got out in a hurry, smashed the door, so we were locked in with my mom

[@popofeds1991]

I like how he goes over everything but the part where he teaches u to remove it

[@carinakaymedina]

Thank you! thank you! Thank you!

[@sadiepagan9077]

How do I take it off if the door is locked and I'm outside of it.?

[@ncpirie]

Thanks for this!

[@deliadeen431]

THANK YOU

[@wazzzzuuuup]

I don't have tweezers :( stuck in my room till morning

[@brantbankss7651]

How about a video showing taking out a broken knob everyone posting saying how but no one shows the actual process

[@seansmith8997]

thank you!

[@RealNowTruth]

That did not work for me. However, the coat hanger trick worked just fine, immediately. Take a coat hanger, the small hook, thread it through and around the bolt, then use a pair of pliers to grab hold of the hook end, because the coat hanger is not strong enough on its own to not flex, the pull towards yourself. Door will open immediately. Very fast and easy.

[@kaaryntaylor8541]

Thank you so much for this hanger trick - nothing worked in the pinholes, and I was checking comments to see what tools people used when I came across your comment. It worked the first time - thank you, God BLESS you.

[@maryanneavery]

great. thanks!

[@Hotdog80085]

my knob doesn't have the button 😩

[@Mrsttowner]

Awesome!