Schlage Levers: Swap Handing

Schlage Residential F Series Knobs and Levers - F51, F40, and F10 all have universal handing. To understand more about handing, please click here.

Schlage Keyed Entry - F51: How to Swap Handing

Locate the Emergency Pin tool included with your lock. It is a piece of wire with a loop at one end.

Removing the Interior Lever:

1. Find the small hole in the stem of the interior lever.
2. Insert the pin wrench into this hole.
3. Apply pressure to depress the spring retainer inside the lever.
4. While pressing, pull the lever away from the stem to remove it.

Removing the Exterior Lever:

1. Insert the key into the exterior lock cylinder.
2. Turn the key to the vertical position.
3. Insert the pin wrench into the hole on the exterior lever stem.
4. Apply pressure to depress the spring retainer.
5. Pull the lever away from the stem to remove it.
6. Swap the levers side to side to reverse the handing of the lock.
7. Push each lever back onto the stem to secure the levers.

Schlage Privacy and Passage - F40, F10: How to Swap Handing

Locate the Emergency Pin tool included with your lock. It is a piece of wire with a loop at one end.

Removing the Interior Lever:

1. Find the small hole in the stem of the interior lever.
2. Insert the pin wrench into this hole.
3. Apply pressure to depress the spring retainer inside the lever.
4. While pressing, pull the lever away from the stem to remove it.

Removing the Exterior Lever:

1. Insert the pin wrench into the hole on the exterior lever stem.
2. Apply pressure to depress the spring retainer.
3. Pull the lever away from the stem to remove it.
4. Swap the levers side to side to reverse the handing of the lock.
5. Push each lever back onto the stem to secure the levers.