Weslock 32725X1 Drive In Spring Latch for 600 Series Oil Rubbed Bronze Finish

That is exactly what it's built for. The 32725X1 is the drive-in spring latch for the Weslock 600 Series, in an oil rubbed bronze finish to match 600 Series trim. It is the latch mechanism only, so you reuse the knob or lever set already on the door and swap just the latch that retracts when the handle turns.

A drive-in latch has a round collar instead of a rectangular faceplate: it taps straight into the bored hole in the door edge with no mortising, so the door edge stays flat. A faceplate latch needs a shallow rectangular mortise routed into the edge for the plate to sit flush. The Weslock 32725X1 is the drive-in style. Pull your old latch first and look at the edge of the door, if there's a routed rectangle there, you want a faceplate latch, not this one. Emtek sells the faceplate style separately, for example the 83228 faceplate and screws for its tubular pocket door privacy latch.

Use a latch that carries the fire listing itself. The Kwikset 84290 square corner plainlatch with 2-3/8 inch backset is UL listed, and the Kwikset 83521 plain latch is UL listed for 3 hours and fits Kwikset BBL, KNL, CNL and PLL trim. Kwikset's 83518 is the adjustable square drive version with the same 3 hour UL listing. Any of those is the direction to go on a rated opening.

The Deltana DLP23875 is the nearest drive-in equivalent for a non-keyed opening. It is a drive-in latch with an adjustable backset of 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch, a passage/privacy function, and a door thickness range of 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. The Weslock 32725X1 is a drive-in spring latch made for Weslock 600 Series trim in an oil-rubbed bronze finish, so it matches the 600 Series knob or lever it ships behind; the Deltana is a generic drive-in body that fits the bored hole rather than a specific manufacturer's series. For a locksmith swapping only the latch in an existing 600 Series prep, confirm the backset in the door before choosing between the two, since the Deltana covers both common backsets in one part.

The Deltana DLE23875 is a drive-in latch with an entry function and a door thickness range of 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Its passage/privacy counterpart, the Deltana DLP23875, carries the same 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thickness range but a passage/privacy function. The Weslock 32725X1 is the drive-in spring latch used behind Weslock 600 Series trim; a spring latch retracts with the knob or lever on either side and does not itself provide the keyed hold-back, so the function you need is set by the lockset the latch serves. Match the latch function to the lockset going on the door, not to the door's use.

Not without changing the door prep. The Kwikset 84290 is a square corner plainlatch with a 2-3/8 inch backset, meaning it uses a mortised faceplate that seats in a squared, chiselled recess in the door edge. The Weslock 32725X1 is a drive-in spring latch, which uses a collar that drives straight into the round bore with no faceplate mortise at all. Swapping a drive-in latch for a faceplate latch means cutting the edge of the door; swapping the other way leaves an open mortise pocket showing around the collar. Property managers replacing latches across a set of doors should sort the openings by which prep they already have before ordering either part.

For a UL-rated opening, look at the Kwikset 83521 RCAL plain latch, which is UL 3 hour rated and is listed for BBL, KNL, CNL and PLL trim, or the Kwikset 83518 RCAL adjustable square drive latch, also UL 3 hour. Both are plain latches with a faceplate rather than drive-in bodies. The Weslock 32725X1 is the drive-in spring latch for Weslock 600 Series trim in oil-rubbed bronze. Institutional and MRO buyers standardizing fire-rated corridors typically specify the UL-rated latch and matching trim as a unit, and keep the drive-in spring latch for the non-rated interior doors.

Usually not. When the handle still operates but the bolt won't hold, the spring in the latch has failed, and the 32725X1 drive-in spring latch is the replacement part for that on 600 Series hardware. You pull the trim, tap the old latch out of the edge bore, drive the new one in and reassemble, and the knob or lever you already have stays on the door.

No, they do different jobs. The Emtek LC9-DBLTCH is an EMPowered motorized deadbolt latch, a deadbolt latch function driven by a motor for an electronic deadbolt. The Weslock 32725X1 is a drive-in spring latch that serves Weslock 600 Series knob and lever trim, retracting mechanically when the handle is turned. A deadbolt latch throws a solid bolt and does not retract on handle rotation, so it cannot take the place of the spring latch behind a 600 Series lockset, and the spring latch cannot secure a deadbolt bore. On a door getting both, the two are ordered together rather than one instead of the other.

The Emtek 83228 is a faceplate and screws set for a tubular pocket door privacy latch with square corners, a privacy/bed/bath function. That is a sliding pocket door part and a trim component, not a bored-door latch. The Weslock 32725X1 is a drive-in spring latch for Weslock 600 Series trim on a swinging door with a round bore. A pocket door has no round latch bore for the 32725X1 collar to drive into, so the two never compete for the same opening - the door type decides which one is on the order.

The Deltana DLP23875 is a drive-in latch with an adjustable backset of 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch in passage/privacy function, and the Deltana DLE23875 is the adjustable drive-in latch in entry function; both list a door thickness range of 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. The Weslock 32725X1 is finished in oil-rubbed bronze and is built to serve Weslock 600 Series trim, so it is the part to pull when the existing hardware on the door is 600 Series and the finish has to match what is already hanging. A distributor carrying both stocks the Weslock part for 600 Series service work and the adjustable Deltana bodies for mixed openings where the backset is not known until the door is opened.

Oil rubbed bronze, and that is the only finish it's built in. On a drive-in latch the collar is the only part that shows on the door edge once the door is closed, so if your 600 Series trim is a different finish, the visible mismatch is limited to that edge ring.