OK calling all you DIY experts.
Got a wee problem here and baffled how to proceed.
Please excuse my lack of technical know-how in the correct terms, will try and explain best I can.
Have a door with a lock on it, and am having to change the lock for a new mortice one.
The 'metal plate' on the side of the door which houses the lock itself is about 6" in height.
The bottom part of this plate is where the 'lock' itself goes into the door frame, the top part is a handle which again contains the latch(?) that acts as a double lock.
Now I'm trying to remove this plate but can't because of the following:
If I remove the handle to the door, the 'hole' of the handle fits into the common square shaped peg to turn the latch.
And I need to remove this 'square shaped peg' because that fits into another square-shaped hole which inturn is attached to the door lock.
The 'square shaped' peg however is so old and rusty behind the handle that I'm having difficulty getting it out.
So my question is, what's the best way to remove the "square peg" in order for me to remove the entire metal housing?
Tried a simple monkey wrench an tried to do it as tight as possible onto the 'square shaped peg' but each time I pull the wrench to try and pull the peg out, it just comes off.
Any thoughts?
(have tried kicking it in the ovaries and nuking it from orbit)
Got a wee problem here and baffled how to proceed.
Please excuse my lack of technical know-how in the correct terms, will try and explain best I can.
Have a door with a lock on it, and am having to change the lock for a new mortice one.
The 'metal plate' on the side of the door which houses the lock itself is about 6" in height.
The bottom part of this plate is where the 'lock' itself goes into the door frame, the top part is a handle which again contains the latch(?) that acts as a double lock.
Now I'm trying to remove this plate but can't because of the following:
If I remove the handle to the door, the 'hole' of the handle fits into the common square shaped peg to turn the latch.
And I need to remove this 'square shaped peg' because that fits into another square-shaped hole which inturn is attached to the door lock.
The 'square shaped' peg however is so old and rusty behind the handle that I'm having difficulty getting it out.
So my question is, what's the best way to remove the "square peg" in order for me to remove the entire metal housing?
Tried a simple monkey wrench an tried to do it as tight as possible onto the 'square shaped peg' but each time I pull the wrench to try and pull the peg out, it just comes off.
Any thoughts?
(have tried kicking it in the ovaries and nuking it from orbit)
