Once you latch the door you should not be able to.
The pella sliding door lock is broken how to fix.
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Open the pella sliding door enough so that you have room to stand and work between the door edge and the door frame.
First remove the screws securing the door handle in place first with your phillips screwdriver and slide the outer latch lever out of place.
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Apply a lubricant to both upper and lower tracks to keep the door hardware clean and operating freely.
In addition to cleaning and lubricating sliding door tracks you want to lubricate the door lock.
Take your graphite pen and insert it into the lowermost screw hole quickly to prevent the latch from falling into the frame.
Your pella sliding door has a built in latching mechanism that extends into the lock strike when you place the latch in the locked position.
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Step 2 flip the lock lever on the side of the door down so that it extends the door latch out of the door.
Once the mechanism has been released adjust stiff pella sliding door locks by loosening the screws holding the latching strikes on the inside of the door frame.
Pry off the plastic covers loosen the screws and slide the strikes up or down a few millimeters.
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