Kevin, did the latch mechanism have two screws holding it in? I believe that I have seen mobile home doors that did not have any screws holding the latch in. Also sometimes mobile homes use non standard hardware for many things. Maybe the door is one of the things that uses non standard hardware. Good luck.
----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Doucet To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 11:06 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] replacing knob on mobile home door Hi, A friend wants to replace the door knob on the front door of her mobile home. We took off the old knob and its innards and can't get the new tongue mechanism to fit in to the edge of the door. Seems a mettle sleeve has been inserted in to the round whole in the edge which prevents the new lock mechanism to slide in from the side of the door. Should this mettle sleeve need to be removed and if so, how? Thanks for any help or clarifying questions as I am sure I did not explain it very well. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]