Wrong Handed door

[Deleted member 174758]

But it seems daft to make a door handle mechanism that was not reversible so I thought maybe I was missing a trick on how to reverse the 'hand'.

Maybe so, but some manufacturers do do this

 

[Tigercubrider]

Some door handles have a small hole allowing a thing like a golf tee to be inserted and the “side” changed.
Older ones could be taken apart and the catch reversed

 

[Rincewindwiz]

I've had one lock apart and can see no way I can change things internally to change the hand. Its hard because things are held together with a circlip and my circlip removing tool has pins that are too big!
It seems screwfix may have a latch that fits in which case I will go down that route. If I cant find a replacement latch then I'll try taking one with the correct 'hand' apart and use it as a model to see if I can adapt the problem one .
Thanks for all or suggestions

 

[lostinthelight]

I've had one lock apart and can see no way I can change things internally to change the hand. Its hard because things are held together with a circlip and my circlip removing tool has pins that are too big!
It seems screwfix may have a latch that fits in which case I will go down that route. If I cant find a replacement latch then I'll try taking one with the correct 'hand' apart and use it as a model to see if I can adapt the problem one .
Thanks for all or suggestions

This looks the same setup so just tried for pic , flip the spring and cam as in my previous post and swap the levers side for side

 

[RandomGrinch]

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This looks the same setup so just tried for pic , flip the spring and cam as in my previous post and swap the levers side for side

Unless I'm missing something, the OP already has a left and a right handle!

 

[lostinthelight]

Unless I'm missing something, the OP already has a left and a right handle!

But there're working ar$e backwards??
Edit if you flip the springs and cams ,look at my pic, the lever/handle springs properly but is upside down unless swaped side for side

 

[Rincewindwiz]

LostintheLight: I have to say it looks plausible. I'll have a go later tonight or maybe tomorrow. I'm on tidying up duty right now and if I dont get that done I'll probably spend Xmas in the garden shed!!

 

[Tigercubrider]

 

[Rincewindwiz]

I cant see how it is possible in my case
If I flip the handles as suggested then pushing the handle down rotates the square spindle that moves the latch in the other direction but the spindle only rotates one way (there is some catch inside the latch mechanism that stops it turning the other way)
I'll try screwfix tomorrow

 

[Rincewindwiz]

Well at the end of the day, £3.40 with Screwfix for a new latch fixed the problem.
Thanks to all those who contributed
Festive felicitation to all