Flip Kwikset left-hand lock knob to right-hand keyhole reversal

Wrong. If you want the keyhole right side up, Kwiksets are handed. Right or left.

Gary is mistaken -- if you require the keyhole to be right side up.

The hidden tab that releases the center shaft has *ZERO* to do with removing the cylinder.

They can't clarify. They (Gary and Doug) are both mistaken.

order to rotate

CY: Doug, she's describing a knob lock.

(which contains the

the bolt), and

CY: Doug, the customer is working on a knob lock.

part together. Now

deadbolt mechanism.

CY: Doug, if you invert the indoor and outdoor parts, you lock yourself into the house. And let anyone turn the knob and come in. You're not sounding very knowledgable.

Absolutely. Works the same way as I described for a deadbolt.

Think about it a little while, and you might figure out where you went out to lunch when you wrote this...

because Kwikset doesn't need to. your links should be self explanatory. once the cylinder is removed, it can be re-installed any way needed..

home depot would have probably popped the cylinders out of the entry locks for you, if you would have just asked ? then after you installed the locks on your doors, you could have just popped them back in the way they needed to be.

g'day

why use your palm ? use the table, floor or any hard surface :-)

"Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61-&spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45aaea67$0$4937$ snipped-for-privacy@roadrunner.com...

hmmm? I have poped out a cylinder with a screw driver before when I misplaced the tool..

guess you think its ok for a keyway to be upside down ? (WRONG)

not really :-) an upside down keyway traps dirt and debris that can get into the top springs, and cause problems down the road. an upside down keyway traps dirt and debris that can also causes restriction on the pins movement. not to mention the help of gravity to help allow the pins manipulating freely.

They were having a sale on pipe wrenches and big hammers that day were they?

Missing the point... re-read Heston's post.

May I suggest that you might be mistaken?

Here's a guy telling you how to pope a cylinder:

However, if you really want to remove a Kwikky knob lock cylinder without damaging the clips, you need two screw drivers. Thin ones, like jewlers' screw drivers.

How am I wrong? I have defeated several "deadlocking latches" - both Kwikset and also good quality Weiser and Schlage - with only a thin piece of flexible plastic. If you want anything that will cause someone motivated to get into your house to have to take more than a couple minutes, you need a deadBOLT. As I said, any kid with a library card can defeat a deadlocking latch UNLESS you take other measures to keep them from doing so, like cutting a slot to catch the card in the door jamb. Even so they can sneak the card around the corner above the latch and slide it down.

nate

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