Northern DIY Door Handle Spring Assortment (Two 1.8mm Springs, Two 2.0mm Springs, Two 2.5mm Springs Plus 6 Circlips)

Good quality and fitted into the current leaver.

I was extremely happy with this product as it enabled me to repair existing door handle springs. I looked at numerous (far more expensive) options to buy new door handles but without success. However, you do need to bear in mind that you will need circlip pliers. These springs are still going strong months after installation and substantial use.

I am glad that I found this inexpensive door handle springs that it does fit on my two different door handles. I never replace it before and it's easy to install, you only need two things, the screwdriver and circlip plier. Before you buy this door handle spring, make sure you know which size you got and how many turn coils.

This enable a repair to a door handle as against a replacement costing £24

Just the job 👍

Good for anyone into diy

I replaced a number of broken springs without any difficulty. It saved me replacing the door handles – and was far cheaper. It requires patience but is not difficult.The symptom is the door handle not returning to the horizontal position. That actually means that two springs have gone, not one, because there is a spring in each handle.On discovering this, I checked all my other door handles and found that some were sloppy i.e. they didn’t quite return to horizontal (unless I pushed them to horizontal) and they did so with less force than others. I realised that that meant that a spring had gone in one of the handles.The first thing to do is to measure the spring’s thickness – take the door handle off and put a 2p coin (1993 onwards), £2 and £1 coin against the spring (without taking the handle apart). If your spring is as thick as a 2p/£2/£1 coin then you need a 2.0/2.5/3.0mm thick coil respectively. Reassemble the door and order the parts. Don’t do what I did and leave the door with no handles on it because I came within centimetres of closing it out of habit – had I done so then I would have in effect locked myself in that room (as I had left the catch itself inside the door – it would have engaged in the door frame).In addition to springs you will need circlip pliers – ordinary pliers will not do the job – and safety spectacles. A tiny amount of Vaseline is recommended to lubricate the spring.There are two types of circlip pliers – external and internal. You will need external ones (when you squeeze the pliers, the jaws open. With internal ones, they close. Circlips on door handles are external i.e. they envelop a shaft. Internal circlips are located inside a bore).Some people say that the circlips can fly off when taking them off. This did not happen to me. However, only open them gently – I opened one too far (which is not far at all) and it snapped.For the job, I bought springs of three different thicknesses (as I have different door handles with all three size springs), spare circlips and circlip pliers. If my experience is anything to go by, you do not need the spare circlips.To summarise, you need:• Springs• External circlip pliers• Safety spectaclesOptional:• Vaseline• Spare circlips

Good product