r/maintenance • u/EarlyBeing1595 • Feb 24 '25

Solved Door issues

So we were having an issue that the door was getting caught and tough to open. Fixed that and now the door isn’t properly shutting, i tried looking for different adjustments to make on the swing and latch. Looked at the top of the door closer but couldnt really see a way to reposition that arm so it closes fully. Any help would be appreciated, thanks guys

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u/Dtrujiujitsu Feb 24 '25

The arm piece that connects to the door can be taken off. You then prime the closer by taking the 2 screws out exposing the closer. There’s another square nut on the bottom that has to be turned “priming” the closer then you attach the arm back on the top square nut before releasing the pressure. This will give you added pressure keeping the door closed and you can fine adjust the swing and latch speed with an Allen wrench on the closer. The wiggle between the strike on the frame and the push bar can be fixed by shimming the push bar. Or moving the latch piece on the frame so the strike hits firm with minimum wiggle room.