[Hearts4Door]

I too have a door knob with no screws. I have removed the knob and plate from the inside. This does not expose any screws. Instead there are 4 tabs sticking thru 4 slots. One of the tabs had a pin thru it to secure it. I removed the pin with needle nose pliers. But it will still not come apart. I tried pushing the latch in and pulling it out, but it did not help. Using a screw driver, I pushed the 4 tabs into the slots. But the mechanism still does not come apart. There has to be a trick I am missing.

I only have a picture of the inside of the door. I have loosened the plate on the outside, but that does not give much of a view since the knob on the outside cannot be removed like the inside one. Mostly you can just see a large spring that is between the plate and the mechanism. There are no screws on the outer side either (not that I expected any).

I have replaced many door knobs, but I can't figure this one out. Below is a picture from the inside after having removed the knob and plate plus pushing the tabs thru the slots. As you can see, that is mostly all there is. The 4 tabs and slots.

Does anyone have a clue how you remove this kind of lock?

 

[Hearts4Door]

Unfortunately this is the only door in the house that has this kind of lock. All of the other doors have the usual hidden screws.

 

[Hearts4Door]

Thanks Maintenance 6. Your post didn't show up earlier, so I only just saw it.

I was just thinking today while I was at work that maybe it is catching on the edge of the hole or something. I'm going to try what you say this weekend when I have better light and can look closely at it. Something is tight because even pushing the tabs in required more force than I would have expected.

I'm thinking you must be right. Nothing else seems to make sense.

 

[Hearts4Door]

Looks like the only problem was that things were catching. I wiggled things around so they looked free and then gave it a good yank from the outside and it came out. Thanks Maintenance 6!

I was rather surprised though that the lock portion from the inside actually comes out thru the outside. That seems very strange to me. I am used to the knob and lock button pulling out on the inside of the door. Since this seemed strange to me, I was thinking someone having the same problem in the future might appreciate a couple of pictures of what it looks like once it is out.

The first picture shows a simple round piece of metal. This is what comes out thru the indoor side of the hole. The rest of the lock shown in the other picture comes out just as shown by pulling it thru the outer side of the door. The metal part that goes in thru the inside side of the door fits over the part that sticks out with the turn/button for locking from indoors and slides all the way against the main body of the lock. There are then 4 little tabs that stick thru the 4 holes. The two are held together by putting a pin thru a small hole on one of the tabs. So if you are trying to take out one of these locks, make sure all 4 tabs are clear of pins then go to the outerside of the door and give the knob a good hard yank.