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Hager 1260 Full Mortise, 5-Knuckle, Swing Clear, Plain Bearing, Standard Weight

Hager 1260 Full Mortise Swing Clear Hinge with 5-Knuckle Plain Bearing Design

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Hager 1260 Full Mortise Swing Clear Hinge with 5-Knuckle Plain Bearing Design

Heavy-Duty Commercial Door Hinge Solution

The Hager 1260 Full Mortise Swing Clear Hinge delivers professional-grade performance for commercial door applications requiring maximum clearance. This 5-knuckle plain bearing hinge features swing clear operation that projects the door 9/64" (4 mm) past the jamb stop for 3-1/2" hinges and 3/16" (5 mm) for 4" hinges when opened 90 degrees. Constructed from steel with steel components and certified to ANSI A8123 standards, this reversible hinge provides reliable operation for demanding commercial environments.

Professional Features & Benefits

  • Swing Clear Operation: Door projects 9/64" (4 mm) past jamb stop for 3-1/2" hinges and 3/16" (5 mm) for 4" hinges when opened 90 degrees, providing maximum clearance for accessibility compliance.
  • Heavy-Duty Construction: Steel construction with steel components provides exceptional durability for high-traffic commercial applications.
  • 5-Knuckle Design: Five-knuckle configuration distributes load evenly across the hinge for enhanced stability and longevity.
  • Plain Bearing Operation: Smooth plain bearing system ensures reliable operation with minimal maintenance requirements.
  • Reversible Design: Assembled right-hand but reversible to left-hand configuration for installation flexibility.
  • Non-Rising Removable Pin: Features non-rising removable pin with button tip and plug for easy maintenance and security.
  • ANSI Certification: ANSI A8123 certified construction meets industry standards for commercial door hardware applications.
  • Multiple Finish Options: Available in USP, US3, US4, US10, US10A, US10B, US26, and US26D finishes to match various architectural requirements.
  • Non-rising removable pin with button tip and plug.

Technical Specifications

  • ANSI/BHMA: ANSIA8123
  • Certifications: ANSI A8123
  • Commercial/Residential: Commercial
  • Duty Level: Heavy Duty
  • Features: Non-rising removable pin with button tip and plug.
  • Finishes: USP, US3, US4, US10, US10A, US10B, US26, US26D
  • Knuckles: 5
  • Material: Steel with Steel Components
  • Options: Hospital tip
  • Subcategory: Full Mortise Hinges

Installation & Operation

  1. Review manufacturer specifications and verify door preparation requirements including door thickness, stile width, and handing as applicable to this product.
  2. Use manufacturer-provided templates to mark mounting hole locations accurately on door and frame surfaces.
  3. Prepare door and frame by drilling required holes and routing as specified in manufacturer instructions.
  4. Install all mounting hardware and secure the device to door and frame per manufacturer torque specifications.
  5. Adjust operational components for proper alignment, latching, and smooth operation throughout the full range of motion.
  6. Test device operation to verify proper function and make final adjustments as needed. Refer to manufacturer documentation for complete installation details and troubleshooting.

Professional Applications

  • Commercial Office Buildings
  • Educational Facilities
  • Healthcare Institutions
  • Retail Establishments
  • Industrial and Warehouse Facilities
  • Multi-Tenant Residential Properties
  • Government and Municipal Buildings

Why Choose Hager Quality?

Hager commercial hinges deliver professional-grade reliability with steel construction and ANSI A8123 certification for demanding commercial applications. Manufactured in accordance with ANSI/BHMA A156.1 standards, Hager hinges meet or exceed industry requirements with one of the widest varieties of sizes, shapes, and finishes available. Engineered for demanding commercial applications where dependable performance and accessibility compliance are essential.

Product Specs

Subcategory:
Full Mortise Hinges
Knuckles:
5
Product Group:
Door Hinges and Pivots
Product Subgroup:
Full Mortise Hinges
Product Type:
Full Mortise Hinges
Features:
Non-rising removable pin with button tip and plug.
ANSI/BHMA:
ANSI A8123
Duty Level:
Heavy Duty
Commercial/Residential:
Commercial
Product Model:
1260
Product Function:
Plain Bearing
Product Substrate:
Steel
Product Category:
Door Hinges and Pivots
Department:
Door Hardware

Hager 1260 3.5 US26D – Frequently Asked Questions

1) What does a swing clear hinge like the Hager 1260 actually do, and when do I need one instead of a standard butt hinge?
A swing clear hinge swings the door leaf completely out of the opening when it hits 90 degrees, so the door slab no longer eats into the clear width. On the 1260, the door projects 9/64 inch (4 mm) past the jamb stop on 3-1/2 inch hinges and 3/16 inch (5 mm) on 4 inch hinges at 90 degrees. That matters where you are fighting for clear width on a narrow opening, typically a corridor door, a patient room, or a restroom in a healthcare or institutional building. On a normal opening with clear width to spare, a standard full mortise butt hinge is the simpler and cheaper choice, since swing clear geometry only buys you the door thickness back.
2) Is the Hager 1260 handed, or can I use the same hinge on left and right hand doors?
One hinge covers both hands. The 1260 ships assembled right hand and is reversible to left hand, so you can stock a single part for a building with doors swinging both ways. That is unusual for swing clear hinges as a class, and it is the reason property managers and MRO buyers standardize on it across a floor.
3) Is the Hager 1260 hinge heavy duty enough for a high traffic commercial door?
It is built as a heavy duty commercial hinge, steel leaves with steel components, certified to ANSI A8123. That is the pairing you want on office, school, retail, and healthcare openings that cycle hard all day. Note the bearing type though: the 1260 is plain bearing, not ball bearing. Plain bearing suits doors of ordinary weight and normal frequency. If the leaf is heavy, has a closer fighting it, or the opening is genuinely abused, a ball bearing or concealed bearing hinge is the better call.
4) I need a swing clear hinge with ball bearings instead of plain bearings. What else do you have?
The BEST CB248 is the closest alternative, a steel full mortise concealed bearing swing clear hinge for square edge doors, from the Swing Clear Hinges series and rated medium duty. Concealed bearing gives you the smoother, longer wearing pivot the 1260's plain bearing does not, at a lower duty rating. If you need the swing clear geometry and the door is under a closer, that trade is usually worth making.
5) Can the pin be removed on the Hager 1260, and can I get a hospital tip for a psychiatric or behavioral health door?
The 1260 uses a non rising removable pin with a button tip and plug, so a maintenance tech can pull the door without disturbing the frame leaf, and the pin does not creep up out of the barrel over years of cycling. A hospital tip is offered as an option, which is what you specify on behavioral health, detention adjacent, or psychiatric openings where the standard button tip has to be replaced with an angled tip that gives nothing to tie a ligature to. Specify the hospital tip at time of order.
6) Will a swing clear hinge fit my existing door and frame prep, or do I have to re-mortise?
It is a full mortise hinge, so both leaves mortise into the door edge and the frame rabbet the same way a standard butt hinge does. The catch is size: the leaf has to match the height already routed into your frame, and the 1260 comes in 3-1/2 inch and 4 inch. If the frame is prepped for a 4-1/2 inch hinge, which is the common commercial frame prep, neither size drops in without rework. Measure the existing hinge before ordering.
7) I do not need swing clear - what standard full mortise hinge takes its place?
If the opening does not need the leaf that carries the door clear of the jamb, a conventional full mortise hinge is the simpler answer. The Don-Jo BB74545 is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch steel square corner 5-knuckle full mortise ball bearing hinge, and the McKinney TCA2314 is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch square corner 5-knuckle full mortise hinge; both are rated standard duty. Swing clear geometry only earns its keep where the extra clear width matters, such as a corridor or a wheelchair-width doorway, and the Hager 1260 is built for exactly that case.
8) Is a ball bearing hinge a substitute for the Hager 1260?
Not for the clearance job. The Hager 1260 is a swing clear hinge with a plain bearing, and ball bearing hinges such as the Don-Jo BB74545 or the ACSI 5BB1 at 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch are standard full mortise hinges - the door leaf still sits against the jamb stop when open, so the clear opening width stays reduced by the door thickness. Ball bearings change how the hinge carries load and cycles; they do not change where the door lands at 90 degrees. If the reason for the 1260 is clearance, only another swing clear hinge replaces it.
9) My existing hinges are 4-1/2 inch - will the Hager 1260 drop into that same prep?
The Hager 1260 swing clear hinge is offered in 3-1/2 inch and 4 inch sizes. Common full mortise hinges in the trade, including the Don-Jo BB74545, the McKinney TCA2317 and the McKinney TCA3386, are 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch, and a 4-1/2 inch mortise will not be filled by a smaller leaf without re-prepping the door and frame. Measure the existing cutout before ordering, and check the Hager standard hinge locations and hinge size option documentation for the size and spacing that suits the opening.
10) What sizes and finishes does the Hager 1260 swing clear hinge come in?
Two sizes, 3-1/2 inch and 4 inch, and both are offered across the same eight finishes: 600 primed for painting, 605 bright brass, 606 satin brass, 612 satin bronze, 613 satin bronze oil rubbed, 625 bright chrome, 626 satin chrome, and US10A antique bronze. Pick the size to match your existing hinge cutouts, since a swing clear hinge mortises into a standard prep and the leaf height has to match what is already routed in the frame.
11) What does the ANSI A8123 designation on this Hager hinge tell me for a spec submittal?
A8123 is the ANSI/BHMA A156.1 hinge type number the 1260 is certified to, and it is what you cite on a hardware schedule or submittal when the architect has called out a swing clear hinge by ANSI number rather than by brand. Because the certification is the thing being specified, any manufacturer's A8123 hinge in the same size and finish satisfies the same line on the schedule.
12) I just need a plain full mortise hinge for a 4-1/2 inch prep, not swing clear. What should I look at?
For a standard 4-1/2 by 4-1/2 prep, the Don-Jo BB74545 is a steel square corner five knuckle full mortise ball bearing hinge at standard duty, and the McKinney TCA2314 and TCA2317 are square corner five knuckle full mortise hinges in the same 4-1/2 by 4-1/2 size, also standard duty. For a heavier leaf in that size, the McKinney TCA3386 is the heavy weight version. None of those give you swing clear geometry, so only go this route if clear width is not the problem you are solving.
13) I need power transfer to the door - does the Hager 1260 carry wire through the hinge?
The Hager 1260 is a mechanical swing clear hinge. Where the opening needs current run from frame to door for an electrified lock or exit device, the ACSI 5BB1 is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch 5-knuckle ball bearing full mortise hinge with concealed electric through-wire, 4 wire at 28 gauge. That is a different job from clearance, and the 5BB1 is not a swing clear hinge, so an opening that needs both wire and swing clear should be reviewed against Hager's concealed electric hinge modification documentation.
14) Which hinge should I use in a corrosive or wash-down area instead of the Hager 1260?
The Hager 1260 is steel with steel components. Where the environment calls for stainless, the Don-Jo BB94545 is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch stainless steel square corner full mortise ball bearing hinge rated standard duty, and the BEST CB223 is a stainless steel concealed bearing heavy weight hinge for beveled edge doors rated heavy duty. Both are conventional hinges, so a stainless swap trades away the swing clear projection.
15) What do I use if the door is heavier than a standard weight hinge should carry?
The Hager 1260 is a standard weight swing clear hinge rated heavy duty. Where the leaf itself needs more metal, the McKinney TCA3386 is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch square corner 5-knuckle full mortise heavy weight hinge rated heavy duty, and the BEST FBB212 is a steel ball bearing heavy weight pivot reinforced hinge for square edge doors. Both are conventional hinges, so choosing either means giving up the swing clear projection the 1260 provides.
16) I am standardizing hinges across a building and only some doors need swing clear - what pairs with the Hager 1260?
Run the Hager 1260 on the openings that need clearance and a standard weight full mortise hinge everywhere else. The BEST 1900R is a steel full mortise concealed bearing standard weight hinge with a removable pin, and the Stanley Security CB1960R is a full mortise concealed bearing standard weight hinge; both sit in an Architectural Hinges series and are rated medium duty. The 1260 carries a non-rising removable pin with button tip and plug, so pin service is the same routine across the mix.
17) What is the difference between a plain bearing hinge like the Hager 1260 and a concealed bearing hinge?
On the Hager 1260 the bearing is a plain bearing running in a 5-knuckle barrel. On a concealed bearing hinge such as the Stanley Security CB1960R or the Dormakaba CB199, the bearing is hidden inside the knuckle so the barrel reads as a smooth cylinder with no visible bearing ring. CB199 is a full mortise concealed bearing heavy weight hinge rated heavy duty; CB1960R is a standard weight version rated medium duty. Neither of those is a swing clear hinge, so they change the look and the bearing type but not the door position when open.
18) I have hinges from another brand on the drawing - how do I cross them to the Hager 1260?
Hager publishes a commercial hinge cross reference that maps competitor hinge numbers to the equivalent Hager model, which is the fastest way to confirm whether a specified hinge such as a McKinney TCA2317 or a BEST 1900R lands on the 1260 or on a different Hager number. Cross the number first, then confirm the two details that a cross reference does not decide for you: the leaf size against the existing mortise, and whether the opening actually requires swing clear geometry.
19) Why does a Hager 1260 hinge have five knuckles, and does the knuckle count matter for matching my other doors?
Five knuckles is the standard commercial full mortise configuration, and it spreads the door load across the barrel rather than concentrating it. For matching purposes it matters visually more than structurally: a five knuckle hinge next to a three knuckle one reads as mismatched on an exposed barrel. If the rest of your openings run five knuckle full mortise, the 1260 lines up, and the Don-Jo BB74545 and the McKinney TCA2314 and TCA2317 are also five knuckle if you are filling out the same hardware set in a larger size.
20) Can I paint the Hager 1260 to match a painted frame?
Order it in 600, primed for painting. That finish comes on both the 3-1/2 inch and the 4 inch hinge, and it is the one to specify when the hinge has to disappear into a painted hollow metal frame or a color the standard architectural finishes do not cover. The other seven are plated architectural finishes and should not be painted over.
21) Can I get the Hager 1260 look in solid brass like the Don-Jo BB84545?
The Hager 1260 is a steel swing clear hinge, offered in finishes including bright brass, satin brass, satin bronze, oil-rubbed satin bronze, bright chrome, satin chrome, antique bronze and primed for painting, so a brass appearance is available as a finish over steel. The Don-Jo BB84545 is a brass 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch full mortise ball bearing hinge in satin chrome, rated standard duty - brass through the leaf rather than plated - and it is a conventional hinge, not a swing clear one.
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