How To Install A Door Lock Cylinder

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How to install a door lock cylinder.

This is the easiest way to rekey your door if you re giving the cylin. Remove the keeper plate from one side then slide the cylinder lock housing out of the door on the other side. Piece together the new door lock cylinder like the old one by putting the rubber gasket on the part of the cylinder that fit on the outside of the car door. Push the new small bracket onto the.

With a barrel lock it s the cylinder that allows the locking and unlocking of a door. This is a video on how to replace the key cylinder in a commercial storefront door. Push the cylinder out of the lock maybe you need to push hard step 2. Assemble the new door lock cylinder.

Remove the screws securing the lock s keeper plate with a phillips head screwdriver. Place the key inside the cylinder and turn it to the left or right to make sure that the carrier is parallel with the cylinder. Remove the two screws holding the strike plate in place on the door jamb and install the new one in the same position. Install both knobs by sliding the spindle through the slot in the latch.

Measure the size of the old cylinder. You need to measure the distance from the middle to both sides of the cylinder left and right. Insert the new lock assembly. Align the two long screws from the inside knob into the cylinders on the exterior door knob and tighten the screws.