Schlage 47273621 2-3/8" Backset Springlatch for ALX Series (1" x 2-1/4")

No redrilling needed on a standard cylindrical prep. The ALX springlatch has a 1 inch housing diameter and will seat in either a 1 inch or a 7/8 inch door prep hole, with a 1 x 2-1/4 inch square corner faceplate on the edge. It is a 2-3/8 inch backset part, so measure from the door edge to the center of the bore before ordering. If that measurement is 2-3/4 inches, this is the wrong latch for the opening.

Privacy and passage ALX Series locks. It is a restoring spring latch with no deadlocking plunger, which is why it belongs on non-keyed functions. If you are rebuilding a keyed entry or storeroom ALX lock, a springlatch is not the part that goes back in it.

All ALX Series latches use a 1/2 inch throw, so an existing ALX or standard cylindrical strike takes it without a strike change. If the door has settled and the gap between door and frame has opened up past that half inch, shim or replace the strike rather than looking for a longer latch. Schlage does not vary throw across the ALX latch line.

Just the latch. The 47273621 is sold as a replacement part for ALX Series locks, so a bound, worn, or sticking springlatch is a latch swap and not a lockset swap. The lever trim, chassis, and door prep all stay as they are. On a building standardized on ALX, keeping a few of these on the shelf in your standard finish is cheaper than pulling complete locks.

Not on a keyed entry. This is a plain springlatch for privacy and passage ALX functions, with no auxiliary deadlocking. A keyed exterior or corridor door needs a deadlatch, which has the small secondary plunger that blocks the latch from being carded. If you are working on a keyed opening in another line, the Dexter deadlatch for the C1000 Series is a deadlatching cylindrical part we carry.

The Schlage 47273621 is a 2-3/8 inch backset spring latch built for ALX Series privacy and passage trim, so it will not reach the spindle on a 2-3/4 inch bore. For a 2-3/4 inch backset in a passage or privacy opening, the Deltana G1RLP275 is a Grade 1 regular latch with a Passage/Privacy function at 2-3/4 inch backset. If the opening is a keyed entry rather than passage or privacy, the Deltana G1RLE275 covers the same 2-3/4 inch backset with an Entry function.

No. The 47273621 is a spring latch with a restoring function, one plain latchbolt that retracts on the trim. A deadlatch such as the Dexter Grade 1 Deadlatch for the C1000 Series adds a deadlocking plunger alongside the bolt that blocks the latchbolt from being shimmed when the door is closed. They are not interchangeable in the same prep: the deadlatch is matched to the Dexter C1000 Series, and the 47273621 is matched to Schlage ALX Series trim. Check which one came out of the door before ordering.

Both. The ALX Series latches adjust to accommodate flat or beveled edge doors, so the same part number covers a square-edge hollow metal door and a beveled wood door. That matters on a fleet where the doors are not consistent, since you can stock one latch for both.

Ten finishes, matched to the ALX lock trim: 605 bright brass, 606 satin brass, 609 antique brass, 612 satin bronze, 613 oil rubbed bronze, 619 satin nickel, 622 matte black, 625 bright chrome, 626 satin chrome, and 643E aged bronze. Order the latch in the same finish code as the lock so the exposed faceplate on the door edge matches, since that is the only part of the latch anyone sees once the door is hung.

The 47273621 is prep-matched to Schlage ALX and should stay on ALX locks. For other chassis, Deltana makes Grade 1 cylindrical latches in both backsets and both function groups: the G1RLP238 for passage and privacy at 2-3/8 inch backset, the G1RLP275 at 2-3/4 inch, and the G1RLE238 and G1RLE275 as the entry-function equivalents. Match the backset and the function group of the lock you are repairing.

Not without rework. The ALX springlatch carries a square corner 1 x 2-1/4 inch faceplate, so a door edge routed for a radius corner plate leaves visible gaps at the corners. On a metal door with a factory square cutout it drops straight in. On a wood door already mortised round, either recut the corners square or source a radius-corner latch instead.

Backset is the distance from the door edge to the center of the bore, and the 47273621 is the 2-3/8 inch version. Interior and residential-width doors are usually prepped at 2-3/8 inches, commercial doors more often at 2-3/4. It is set by the hole already in the door, not a preference, so measure one door on the job before placing a fleet order and order the matching ALX latch for the other prep.

The 47273621 is a bored-door spring latch with a 1 inch housing and a 1 inch by 2-1/4 inch square corner faceplate, sized for the ALX Series prep in a standard door. For a sidelite, the Accentra YSSL10 is a security sidelite auxiliary latch with an ADA compliant thumbturn, rated for a 1-3/4 inch door thickness and fire rated. That is the part built for the sidelite application; the ALX springlatch is not.

The 47273621 is a stainless steel spring latch for ALX Series privacy and passage trim; specify it against the ALX lock's own listing for the labeled opening. Among adjacent latching hardware, the Accentra YSSL10 sidelite auxiliary latch is fire rated and sized to a 1-3/4 inch door, which is the part to specify when the fire label sits on a sidelite assembly rather than on a bored door.

The Schlage 47273621 is fixed at 2-3/8 inch backset, and Deltana splits its regular latches by backset as well - the G1RLE238 and G1RLP238 at 2-3/8 inch, the G1RLE275 and G1RLP275 at 2-3/4 inch. If you are ordering before the door is measured and want one part that covers the range, the Lockey M230 is a mechanical keyless combination deadlocking spring latch lock with an adjustable backset, fitting doors 1-1/8 to 2 inch thick. That is a complete keyless lockset rather than a replacement latch for existing trim, so it changes the hardware on the door.

The ALX springlatch is stainless steel and specified as commercial hardware, which is the reason it turns up in schools, multi-family corridors, and offices rather than in residential trim packs. Stainless matters most on exterior-facing and washdown openings where a plated steel latch tongue starts rusting in the housing.

The 47273621 does not need a different part for a beveled edge. Schlage ALX Series latches are adjustable to accommodate flat or beveled edge doors and are finished to match the lock trim, and the latch will accommodate 1 inch or 7/8 inch door prep diameters. Where a substitute is needed for a beveled door on non-Schlage trim, Deltana's regular latches are sold by function and backset - G1RLP238 for passage and privacy at 2-3/8 inch, G1RLE238 for entry.