UVPC handle removal issues

[Buster_350]

Hi all,
Just moved in and I’m replacing all the handles as no keys left but now have an issue…
Usual 2 screws removed, snapped the handle trying to budge it, it’s been oiled and hammer tapped. Obviously I can turn the mechanism but it’s so stuck, it just pivots from the centre- what to try ???
Sorry and thank you in advance

 

[RrogerD]

I would drill it out. Hopefully then, the mechanism will drop out.

 

[Buster_350]

Closer, thank you,
Got the white latch off but the bolt is fixed somehow….
Surely it must be rusted to the lock mechanism but who knows
This is how it is now

 

[RrogerD]

Closer, thank you,
Got the white latch off but the bolt is fixed somehow….
Surely it must be rusted to the lock mechanism but who knows
This is how it is now

Have a Google of replacement mechanisms, you will see what it looks like inside the window body. ie you need to remove the whole lot to make it flush internally.