Schlage Electronics 47258543 AD/CO Series Exterior Spring Cage with Fasteners for Cylindrical/Mortise Locks

It's a replacement exterior spring cage, supplied with fasteners, for Schlage AD and CO Series electronic locks in both cylindrical and mortise configurations. The spring cage is the part that returns the outside lever to horizontal after it's turned. When an exterior lever on an AD or CO unit goes droopy or won't spring back, this is the assembly you swap rather than replacing the whole lock.

Yes, one part covers both chassis types. The 47258543 is specified for AD and CO Series units in cylindrical and mortise form, so you don't need to know which chassis is behind the trim before ordering the exterior spring cage.

No. This is the exterior spring cage only, the one under the outside escutcheon where the credential reader sits. The inside lever assembly on AD and CO units is a separate part, so if the droop is on the room side of the door this isn't the fix.

No, fasteners come with the cage. The 47258543 ships as the spring cage plus its mounting hardware, so the kit is complete for the swap itself.

For the exterior lever return, yes. The 47258543 covers AD Series and CO Series units in both cylindrical and mortise, so a facility running a mix of those platforms can stock the single part number for exterior spring cage repairs instead of one per lock family.

Commercial. It belongs to Schlage's AD and CO electronic access control platforms, which are commercial openings hardware, so it's the right class of part for multi-family, institutional and office door fleets rather than a residential lockset repair.

The spring cage is mechanical, the spring assembly that returns the outside lever. It carries no reader, no board and no credential data, so swapping it doesn't change how the AD or CO unit is programmed or what credentials it accepts. The electronics stay as they are.