Schlage Chassis Assembly, Interconnect

Both halves are sold as separate chassis assemblies, so you order by side. F206-494 is the inside chassis assembly for the interconnect, and F206-496 is the outside chassis assembly. If you're rebuilding a complete interconnected lock, that's both part numbers, one each. Pull the lock first and confirm which side failed, because the two are not interchangeable.

It's a service part, not a lock. The F206 chassis assembly is the internal mechanism of a Schlage interconnected lockset, supplied as the inside chassis (F206-494) or the outside chassis (F206-496). Trim, cylinder, and latch are separate items. Property managers replacing a failed interconnected lock on a multi-family door often want the whole lockset instead; the chassis is what you buy when the body is the thing that failed and the rest of the hardware is fine.

No. This chassis is built for Schlage interconnected locks, where the knob or lever and the deadbolt retract together from one inside turn. A standard cylindrical lockset has a different chassis entirely and won't accept it. If the door has a separate deadbolt above a plain knob lock with no linkage between them, this is the wrong part.

No. The GMS 6-pin and 7-pin small format IC cores are cylinders - the keyed plug that drops into a lock's core cavity, supplied un-combinated without keys, pins, springs or caps. The Schlage F206-496 outside chassis assembly and F206-494 inside chassis assembly are the mechanical chassis that carries the lever and retracts the latch on an interconnected lock. If the key turns but the lever will not operate the latch, the chassis is the part to replace; if the key itself is the problem or the keying needs to change, a core such as the GMS IC6-26D or IC7-26D addresses that instead. The two parts serve different halves of the lock and one does not stand in for the other.

No cylinder and no keys. The F206-494 and F206-496 are chassis assemblies only. If you're rekeying at the same time, the cylinder is a separate order. For interchangeable core work on other hardware, ZenSupply carries GMS small format IC cores such as the 6-pin IC6-26D and 7-pin IC7-26D, both supplied un-combinated without keys, pins, springs, or caps.

Not necessarily. If the latch is only jammed in the privacy position and the mechanism is otherwise sound, a disengage tool releases it without any parts replacement. Cal-Royal's PDL-200 privacy door latch disengage tool is a steel tool made for exactly that. Replace the chassis when the mechanism itself is broken or worn, not when it's simply latched.

Probably not. A door that won't stay shut or catches on the keeper is usually a strike or alignment problem, not a chassis fault. Rework the strike first: Cal-Royal's ASA478 is a template ASA strike for commercial doors, and for a latch that needs an adjustable hold-open rather than a keyed catch, ABH offers roller latches with a cast full lip strike and 5/16 inch adjustable projection (1890 Series) or a T strike with 1/2 inch adjustable projection (1895 Series). Order the chassis when the internal mechanism has failed.

They solve different problems. The ABH 1890 Series roller latch comes with a full lip cast strike and 5/16 inch adjustable projection, and the ABH 1895 Series roller latch uses a T strike with 1/2 inch adjustable projection - both are ball-and-spring devices that simply hold a door closed against a strike, with no lever, no key and no latch retraction hardware. The Schlage inside and outside interconnect chassis assemblies are the operating guts of a lever lock. A roller latch is a choice for a door that only needs to stay shut, not a repair for a lock whose lever has stopped retracting the latch.

The Cal-Royal PDL-200 is a steel privacy door latch disengage tool for privacy, bed and bath function locks - it is what a property manager uses to release a locked bathroom or bedroom door from the outside, and it changes nothing inside the lock. When an interconnected lock's lever will not throw or retract, the part that gets replaced is the chassis: F206-494 for the inside chassis assembly, F206-496 for the outside. Order by which side of the door has failed, since the inside and outside chassis are separate parts.

Yes, and that's the practical reason to stock them. Where a property has Schlage interconnected locks across a run of unit doors, holding both halves (F206-494 inside, F206-496 outside) means a failed lock body gets swapped without pulling trim off the door or rekeying the building. The chassis is the wear item; keys, trim, and finish stay as they are.

The Cal-Royal ASA478 is a template ASA strike for commercial doors - the plate mortised into the frame that the latch bolt enters. If the latch extends and retracts normally but misses or binds on the frame, the strike or the door alignment is where to look. If the lever turns without moving the latch at all, the failure is inside the lock and the Schlage interconnect chassis assemblies address it, ordered as the inside assembly or the outside assembly depending on which side has gone. Frame-side and door-side parts are not alternatives to each other.