Remove Shower Door Handle

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Remove shower door handle.

A shower that uses a normal swinging style uses hinges to allow you to open and close the door. Straighten a paper clip and insert it into the hole. If any screws are exposed during this process remove them to release the lock and remove it from the door. Remove the shower doors from inside the shower.

Apply a bit of pressure to the paper clip to trigger a release button inside the hardware. This screw holds. Shower door handles can corrode become loose and generally need repair or replacement. To replace the handle you will remove the end caps using pliers.

Shower door handles are connected by screws and they are easy to fix. Turn the screw on the tenon puller to push the piston into the opening and against the valve stem. The handle is pushed outward until you can pull it off. Usually the problem is that the handle is loose enough to the point where it either falls off or breaks off.

Carefully hold the door while you do this to prevent it from falling. Shower doors either swing like a traditional door or slide along a track. Examine the edge of the door handle s metal plate on the interior side of the door looking for a hidden recessed screw. The end caps are the short metal projections opposite the handle side of the glass door.

Once triggered the lever or lock trim can be removed from the door. Locate the hinges and use a screwdriver to remove them from the metal frame. Standing in the shower grasp the inside shower door with both hands halfway up on the both sides. Typically two or more screws installed on the inner handle hold the two pieces of the handle together with the glass door sandwiched between them.

You tie the fork like end to the rear of the handle and place the piston on the gap from which you removed the setscrew. Remove the old shower door handle with a screwdriver. In order to remove this type you have to step inside the stall to start. Lift the door straight up and tilt the base of the door toward you while leaning the top of the door out of its track.