Schlage Commercial 09-662 Armor Front, L Series, Latch Only

The 09-662 is the latch-only L Series armor front, made for the L9010, L9040 and L9044 functions. The plate is cut for a latchbolt and nothing else. If the lock you are re-facing throws a deadbolt into the door edge as well, this front will not cover it and you need the plate made for that function instead.

No. Door thickness for the 09-662 armor front is 1-3/4 inches, the standard commercial leaf. A 1-3/8 inch door, common on older interior openings, falls outside what this front is specified for, so source hardware rated for that thickness rather than trying to make this one work.

Front width on the 09-662 is 1-1/4 inches. Pull the old plate and measure across its face before ordering. At 1-1/4 inches it drops straight into the existing mortise pocket. If the plate coming off measures narrower than that, the door edge was prepped for a different front and this one will overhang the prep.

Eleven BHMA finishes, so matching a run of existing L Series openings is usually straightforward: 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, 629 bright stainless steel, 630 satin stainless steel and 643E aged bronze. Order by the BHMA number stamped on the hardware you are matching, not by the finish name. The numbers are consistent across manufacturers; the names are not.

Not if the lock is an L9010, L9040 or L9044. The 09-662 is a replacement front for those functions, so the plate on the door edge comes off and a new one goes on while the case, the trim and the cylinder stay where they are. It is a replacement part on its own, not a complete lockset.

Stainless steel is the substrate, which is what carries the abuse on a door edge that takes cart hits, key scrapes and repeated contact with the strike. For back-of-house, service corridors and anywhere finish wear is going to show quickly, 630 satin stainless steel is the usual specification. This is commercial-duty hardware, not residential trim.

Model 09-662 is the latch-only version: 1-1/4 inch front, stainless steel, matched to the L9010, L9040 and L9044. L Series fronts are function-specific, because the openings in the plate have to line up with whatever the case throws into the door edge. Identify the function of the lock first, then pick the finish. Getting those two the right way round is what stops the wrong plate arriving on site.