This is designed for acorn and better bilt doors but can be found on a variety of other door manufacturers.
Adjusting a sliding glass door lock.
Most sliding glass doors contain two sets of rollers one on each side of the bottom of the door.
How to fix a glass sliding patio door that dosnt roll close or lock properly.
Inside a standard sliding glass door there are adjustable rollers that help it slide back and forth on the track.
The wheels on the glass sliding patio door have an adjustment screw at the bot.
How to adjust sliding glass doors.
Your pella sliding door has a built in latching mechanism that extends into the lock strike when you place the latch in the locked position.
The best way to lubricate any lock is to disassemble it and use an aerosol lubricant to flush away grime and coat the moving parts of the lock.
Every standard sliding glass door has adjustable rollers that help it slide back and forth within the track.
There are holes on your sliding glass door that conceal the adjusting screws to these rollers.
You can alter the height of these rollers by accessing the adjustment screws which are set into slots on the door s outer edges perpendicular with the rollers themselves.
How to adjust a pella sliding door latch.
Sliding glass door handle set 6 5 8 in diecast and wood hook style flush mount keyed this is a reversible diecast black flush this is a reversible diecast black flush mount patio door handle with wood pulls.
The lock will not engage if the engagement tongue goes above or below the logo.
How to adjust sliding glass door rollers for a smoother ride.
On my door the holes had plastic plugs in them.
On the bottom portion of your sliding glass door you should see a small hole on each side of the door.
These holes hide the adjustment screw for the coordinating rollers.
Sometimes patio doors become hard to open even when the track is clean.
Adjust sliding glass door lock handle is using a putty knife remove the strike plate to access the adjustment screw.
In addition to cleaning and lubricating sliding door tracks you want to lubricate the door lock.
If you find that the engagement tongue is going above or below the logo you will have to adjust the lock.