Schlage 03-244 - Sargent KIL Lever

Just the lever. The 03-244 is ND Series lock trim with a Lever Only function, sold as a replacement part, so the chassis, latch and cylinder are not included. It is the right buy when a handle is bent, worn, vandalised or being changed to a different style or finish on an ND lock that still works. If the lock body itself has failed and no longer retracts or keys properly, a lever on its own will not put that opening back in service.

No. The 03-244 lever is non-handed, and all ND levers are reversible, so the same part covers a left hand and a right hand door. Handing still matters elsewhere on an ND lock: on keyed functions it sets cylinder orientation, and on reverse bevel doors it drives the finish of the latchbolt and strike. None of that changes which lever you order, which is why one part number covers a building with doors swinging both ways.

Match the lever style first, then the finish. The 03-244 is made in four styles, Rhodes (RHO), Sparta (SPA), Athens (ATH) and Tubular (TLR), and each style is available across the whole finish range, so you never have to trade the right shape for the right colour. If the door schedule is long gone, compare the lever on an adjacent opening in the same run and match the profile by eye, then match the finish code from the hardware already installed.

ND Series levers comply with ANSI A117.1 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. That is the practical reason lever trim goes on accessible routes in the first place: an accessible operable part cannot demand tight grasping, pinching or wrist twisting, which is what rules a round knob out. Replacing a damaged ND lever with a like for like 03-244 keeps the opening as it was specified rather than quietly downgrading it.

626AM, satin chrome antimicrobial, is one of the finishes the 03-244 lever is made in, and it comes in all four styles: Rhodes, Sparta, Athens and Tubular. Because it carries the same satin chrome appearance as standard 626, you can convert only the high touch openings (patient rooms, classrooms, staff restrooms) without those doors looking different from the rest of the floor. That is the usual way these get bought, a few dozen levers at a time rather than a whole building.

Ten finishes in total: 605 bright brass, 606 satin brass, 612 satin bronze, 613 oil rubbed bronze, 619 satin nickel, 622 matte black, 625 bright chrome, 626 satin chrome, 626AM satin chrome antimicrobial and 643E aged bronze. For a dark or bronze scheme that gives you 613 oil rubbed bronze, 643E aged bronze, 612 satin bronze and 622 matte black. All ten are available in every lever style, so a finish decision never forces a style change on you.

Two choices and that is it: lever style (Rhodes, Sparta, Athens or Tubular) and finish. Handing is not part of the order because the lever is non-handed. There is no function code to call out either, since the lock function is set by the ND chassis the lever mounts to, not by the trim. If you are ordering for stock across a portfolio, the practical move is to settle on one style and one finish and buy them together, because that is what makes a broken handle a five minute swap later.

No. The 03-244 is lever trim only, so it will not put a door back in service if the lock body is the problem. Where you need a whole unit, the Cal-Royal CALDOR238 (CAL101 dormitory dead latch) is a complete dormitory function lock rather than trim. Decide by what has actually failed: a bent, loose or worn handle on an ND lock that still latches and keys is a lever swap, while a chassis that no longer retracts is a full lockset job.

No - those are two different parts of an opening rather than two versions of the same part. The Schlage 03-244 Sargent KIL lever is ND Series lock trim, a replacement part whose lock function is lever only and which is non-handed, ordered in Rhodes, Sparta, Athens or Tubular lever styles. The Cal-Royal CALDOR238 is the CAL101 dormitory dead latch and carries a dormitory function. Ordering one against a requirement for the other leaves the job short: the 03-244 supplies the lever a hand turns on an ND Series lock, while the CALDOR238 is a dead latch, not lever trim.

No. The Schlage 03-244 Sargent KIL lever is ND Series lock trim and its lock function is lever only, so it is the lever itself and does not carry a dormitory function. For a dormitory callout, the Cal-Royal CALDOR238 CAL101 dormitory dead latch is the part with the dormitory function. Read the callout carefully before ordering: a drawing that specifies a function is specifying the locking hardware, while a drawing or punch item calling for a replacement lever in a particular style and finish is specifying trim like the 03-244.

The Schlage 03-244 Sargent KIL lever standardizes the lever on Schlage ND Series openings, since it is ND Series lock trim sold as a replacement part in Rhodes, Sparta, Athens and Tubular styles and in finishes running from 605 bright brass to 622 matte black and 626AM satin chrome antimicrobial. Doors fitted with the Cal-Royal CALDOR238 CAL101 dormitory dead latch are running different hardware with a dormitory function, so those openings are not covered by an 03-244 order. Walk the building and sort the doors by what lock is actually in them before committing to a quantity - the ND doors take the 03-244 lever, and the dormitory dead latch doors are a separate line item.