Wood Dowels in plastic knobs on back door

[Bob Barker]

Works good, I've had dowels in for years now. Plus I have like 8 spares too. No, they are not for sale!!

Bart

Stingy!

[Impi]

Brilliant idea! Bravo to whoever thought of it

[circmand]

last weekend. Kat thanks for the heads up on the dowels with the grooves the pic of the bag told me exactly what I needed and I got them at Ace. My question (which is to late for me) do you shove them in as far as they will go or just even with the end of the plastic?

BTW used super glue for plastic and wood adhesive needs

[VX KAT]

last weekend. Kat thanks for the heads up on the dowels with the grooves the pic of the bag told me exactly what I needed and I got them at Ace. My question (which is to late for me) do you shove them in as far as they will go or just even with the end of the plastic?

BTW used super glue for plastic and wood adhesive needs

Glad to hear it Dave! I forgot to mention, I got these at Ace also.
You want to get those dowels in at least past the neck of the T so they'll give support to the area being stressed when the knob is being turned. It's at the junction of the horizontal and the vertical part of the plastic knob where it breaks, so I figured that area needed the support from the dowel. That means these 1.5" long dowel pins should be recessed around 1/4" to 1/2".