I have a set of closet doors that I don't know how to fix. They are double doors where the left one swings out to the left and the right swings out to the right. It's a walk in closet. At the top they have a round hole where a gumball sized ball bearing sits down in that hole on top of a spring. When the doors close, that ball bearing is supposed to go down a little and ft into a grooved plate on the top of the door facing. This is what latches them shut. It's sort of like a friction latch.
A few years ago, I opened one of the doors and the ball bearing shot out and the spring shot out and stretched out. Only a couple of months later the other door did the same thing. So now these doors will not fasten shut.
I took the ball bearings and springs to Lowe's to see if they had a kit to fix them and they didn't. How can I fix these doors so they will stay shut?
The latch you are talking about is a ball catch. You will have to replace the entire thing unless the ball bearing still has threads on it to screw back into the top of the door. The whole catch(latch) just comes out with 2 screws on the top of the door. I'm suprised Lowes doesnt have them Depot does. Try a better hardware store or try lowes again asking for a ball catch.
Trust me they are easy to find and even easier to put in!!!
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