The lock on a push button knob is meant strictly for household privacy.
Push locks in door sticks.
Often they stick or break due to excessive pressure being placed on the door.
Pushing or pulling on the knob or lever releases the latch.
Push button door knobs are used throughout the home as a cheap way to lock interior doors.
Designed to improve the way homeowners open doors push pull rotate door locks enable doors to be opened traditionally by turning or rotating them and in two completely new ways.
Don t be afraid to use a liberal amount of oil a sticky lock needs the attention.
Sticking door locks can be attributed to everything from slight settling of the house to a buildup of dust and dirt within the locking mechanism.
Another way to do it is to coat your key with the graphite powder first and then simply insert it into the lock.
Fortunately most front door lock problems can be.
Spray the wd 40 into the lock.
Just gently squeeze a very small amount of graphite powder into the keyhole and then use your key to slowly work the lubricant into the lock.
The issue a door latch stuck due to a jamming latch will have no real variation between how the latch moves when it is pressed in or when the handle is turned both when the door is open and when it is shut.
The first door knobs and levers that open three ways.
Hold down the spray button until the wd 40 begins to overflow from the lock opening.