Where the door has expanded carefully shave off strips of the wood.
How to fix french door handle.
Insert any latching mechanism in the space provided on the inner edge of the door.
Take doorknob to hardware store if necessary.
How to fix a loose freezer door drawer handle.
Take the handle off of the door.
If screws are already exposed proceed to next step.
Open the door at the side where the jamb will be shimmed and stabilize it with a doorstop.
Look around the collar on the doorknob and identify the set screw that is threaded into the collar.
If the door handle is not working as it should tighten the screws to determine whether this will solve the problem.
Expose the set screws on the door handle.
Get an allen wrench usually 3 32 or 1 8 to use to tighten the screw on the freezer door.
Place a plastic washer around each spindle half before sliding the.
Insert one side of the handle into the opening in the door ensuring that the stem controlling the latch is inserted in the appropriate opening in the latch.
Use a wood chisel and hammer to carefully remove the vertical piece of casing along the side of the.
Identify the screw in the doorknob collar.
Most freezer door handle allen screw sizes are 3 32 or 1 8 you may also need a 10 mm socket and ratchet next open the freezer door side that has the loose handle or damaged handle.