Bottom bracket for 50 year old floding closet wooden door.

Quick Learner from Columbia Missouri

Mar 24, 2025 12:10 pm

A few of my closet doors are missing the six sided notched piece that keeps the bottom pivot, which is threaded into the door leaf and is able to be adjusted by screwing it up and down, from un-screwing itself as the door is openned and closed. Are these brackets still available? And, what are those 6 sided notched screw/nut pieces called? I feel I've seen those in other applications but the exact name, etc. escapes me. Thanks

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Emily from SWISCO

Mar 26, 2025 11:19 am

Hi there!

Thanks for reaching out to us. I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the bracket shown here. Please allow me to consult one of our senior experts. We will reach out as soon as we have more information.

Thank you!

Paul from SWISCO

Mar 27, 2025 10:19 am

A six sided nut is call hex nut and the screw, hex head screw. As for your bottom corner pivot bracket, it is no longer available. Can you show us a photo of the pin that goes into it so we can determine whether we have a suitable replacement?

Quick Learner from Columbia Missouri

Mar 27, 2025 10:57 am

Thanks for checking. I see that the folding door harware world has 'moved on' a bit since they made these.
I'll attach a picture of the bottom door pivot.
The door does no hang from the top, but rests on this hex nut. The bottom pivot screws into a metal sleeve in the wood door. The two pivots at the top are just pegs, one at the jamb sits into a bracket with a hole, the other glides in a rectangler channel.

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Paul from SWISCO

Mar 31, 2025 11:35 am

I'm afraid your hardware isn't made anymore. The substitute I'm suggesting is the 23-151 bottom pivot that requires a 7/16" hole in the door to accept the pivot housing and 23-312 corner pivot bracket. Please review the specifications and see if you think these parts could work for you.

Quick Learner from Columbia Missouri

Mar 31, 2025 12:18 pm

Thanks. This is very helpful. I'll check this out.