How Do You Change A Door Lock

Orient the turn assembly plate such that its top side is at the top.

How do you change a door lock.

Purchase a kit labelled for your lock s brand. Insert the two longer screws into the interior plate to attach the interior of the deadbolt. On the opposite side insert the bar into the channel in the back of the turn assembly plate. Position the lock mechanism such that the keyhole is vertically aligned.

There are re keying kits that contain all. Press the lock symbol once at the bottom right of the keypad. Line up the tongues of both the interior and the exterior cylinders into the deadbolt controller. Rekeying involves realigning the pins and springs in the inner workings of the lock in.

Press the program button once and you should hear your unit beep five times and see its checkmark icon at the keypad s bottom left flash five times. Replacing a knob lock. If the deadbolt comes with an interior plate and a decorative. Feed the long metal piece through center of the bolt.

Insert the exterior part of the lock into the door by feeding the long metal piece through the opening in the center of. Insert the new bolt into the opening on the edge of the door and fasten it to the door with the provided screws. Orient and load in the new deadbolt lock into the side of the door. Insert the bar protruding from the new deadbolt lock through the channel in the deadbolt itself.

Make sure the top of the deadbolt is facing up. First open the door and lift off the lock s interior cover. Remove the screws from the old lock on the inside of the door. Once the new pins are in reverse the steps to reassemble the lock.

Use a phillips head. The tongues of both. In apartment complexes this is now the most common way of changing locks on a door. Insert the pins and reassemble the lock dump out the old pins insert the new key and use tweezers or small needle nose pliers to match the new colored pins to.

Press the checkmark once and then enter the master code.