How To Rekey My Door Locks

Lever rekeying instructions carefully remove the lever from the package by unsnapping the tabs in the upper corners of the clamshell.

How to rekey my door locks.

Get a rekeying kit. Insert original key into cylinder and rotate it to the two o clock position. In apartment complexes this is now the most common way of changing locks on a door. Also called pinning kits rekeying kits are available at most hardware stores and home centers.

Step 2 turn the latch on the door to the open position and remove the outer latch plate with a philips screwdriver. Discard both the c ring and tab. Remove with a small flat screwdriver the outer c ring on the new replacement exterior key cylinder and pull the cylinder tab out of the center end of the new replacement exterior key cylinder. Remove the exterior doorknob or lock face.

Door knobs are held in place with a clip accessed by inserting a wire into. Extract lock cylinder and c clip remove the cylinder from the cylinder guard in the lock and insert your old key again. Once the new pins are in reverse the steps to reassemble the lock. You ll have to remove the lock from the door for this option and bring the key that currently opens.

Rekeying a house lock 1. Rekeying involves realigning the pins and springs in the inner workings of the lock in. Remove the c clip using the spanner tool and turn your key about 45 degrees.