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

Why? Was your car made in the seventies, when Slim Jims worked?

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Stormin Mormon
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The picking scenes not withstanding Rockford files was one of the best shows on TV. AFAIK he did most of his own driving too.

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Steve

I don't like them, and they do stiffen up if they aren't used much but the costal environment is probably some of the problem. Schlage F is a much better lock. Better made. Better finish. Just better.

I have a couple Kwikset deadbolts still installed at my place on doors that aren't unlocked from the outside so I just deadpinned the outside cylinders with a couple scrap drill bits, now they are pick proof and drill resistant ;), the sheerline anyway, and put the Medeco Maxums I reccomend to most other people to replace them on the doors that get opened from outside. Couldn't really justify them though on doors that are mostly a big pane of glass.

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Steve

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Roger Cann

went on a call yesterday to BFE an hour away. lady said "they been working on it for an hour now!" I said how about you call me when there're done. she stopped'em and I was on my way. btw that 2002 Tahoe no longer works with a key... slim jim took the linkage out. should've called me first before her husband went at it.

oh yeah 1 more thing "You know if my cousin was here (and not in prison) he'd be in there already!"

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Roger Cann

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Roger Cann

There are a fair number. You will find fewer on commercial applications where the door and frame are usually both steel and there is very little give or flex.

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Steve

Yep, I've heard that kind of thing. Somewhere I'm remembering someone who said that klink klunk noise (linkage falling to the bottom of the inside of the door) means it's about to open.

I think car opening combines the worse of two worlds. First, everyone wants to be a hero. Love that adrenalin rush. Second, it's pavlovian. If you can pop one car out of ten, it keeps you going. Like the lottery tickets. Everyone's heard of the guy who got the million dollar score off of scratchers. And Uncle Jimmy was able to dependably unlock that 1969 Buick every time in under two seconds, so he's just got to be able to get that Tahoe!

Isn't it bit insulting when folks compare you to a jailbird?

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Stormin Mormon

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Roger Cann

I was only talking doing this as a last resort. like when one mis-places their removal tool. it will not do germinate damage. (unless ya use a sledge hammer) :-)

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Key

me too...

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Key

Guess that makes TWO guys who have never worked on a Kwikset knob lock?

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Stormin Mormon

It would be nice to have a DIAGRAM of those two apparently deeply hidden clips as locating them was too difficult for me when I tried on my own. The good news is I complained to Kwikset on their web site and they very kindly responded multiple tikmes to my email.

The first time they responded, they said many people just leave the locks upside down. When I responded back that I thought that was unprofessional, they kindly wrote back that they would send me the tool for free.

I must say that my anger at them subsided at that point as the Kwikset support person was truly trying to help me.

I've since learned this is a "grade 3" lock and that a grade 1 or 2 would be better. Since the door has glass panels, I wonder if it really matters. I guess breaking glass leaves a mess while removing the lock cylinder does not?

If a thief removes the lock cylinder with that tool, does it leave a telltale mess or is it transparent?

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MsMonarchdancer

The tool that Kwikset will send you works from the inside of the lock after removing the spindle. You have to take the lock off the door first. A crook wouldn't use that tool... Maybe an exterior used cylinder removal tool like the A-1 Puller. That lock will work fine on that glass door (oil the piss out of it prior to installation). Besides there're going to get in anyway if they want. Glass....

I can't believe how long this subject is floating around. HD and Lowes has that tool in there rekeying kit. They would've popped the cylinder out for you for free. At least they do and would've here! Hell I would've done it for free. With my fancy Rytan removal tool. :-) Kwikset probably sent you a tool just to stop all the emails (polite way of saying "shut you up"). They probably caught wind of all these.

Roger

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Roger Cann

You have to remove the spindle and then probe down the spindle hole. If you don't have the tool and have to do them one at a time it helps to insert a key in the lock and use it to pull so the clip you did doesn't pop back while you do the 2nd one. It can also just be knocked out like other people have suggested.

Here it is step by step:

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DB

Has this horse been beat to death yet?

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thecanns

Chances are they won't take the time to replace the pop-out.But even if they do, it will look like someone drove a screw into the keyway. The Kwikset-or Tylo, or "kwikkie" or "pop-job" is a very prolific and cheap lock that lots of people buy because they are cheap. I have done plenty of them when I first started doing locksmithing years ago. I don't work on them or rekey them that much because they are so easily replaced. Like the other guy said-you bring it to the shop-I'd probably do it for free. There's probably a lockie out there that would do that-or not for very much.

Next time you want a lock for a door, go stand in front of the door.If it's the front door stand on the outside and stand right in front of where the knob/lever is. Now position your body so that half of you is in front of the door and the other half of you is front of the wall next to the knob/lever. In other words imagine that the frame of the door (next to where the knob/lever is)is a vertical line running parallel to the middle of your body. Stand a few feet away from the frame with your arms down. Now bend your arms at the elbows like you are shooting 2 pistols from the hip. Which hand is closer to the knob/lever? If left hand-It is a left hand door If right hand-it is a right hand door If the door opens outward in either case-it is reverse. So it could be right hand-(If your right hand is closest and it opens inward)or right hand reverse-(If your right hand is closest and the door opens outward) Or left hand-or left hand reverse.

Alot of grade 1 and 2 locks will be handed, so you are better off, especially if you can tell a locksmith"Well, I need a deadbolt for a Left-Hand door" or "I need a deadbolt for a right hand reverse door".

Hope this helps. goma.

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goma865

Next time you do. Please try to reverse the handing of the lock by twisting the exterior knob 180 degrees (leave the cylinder in). Then put it all back together. Uh, er, I mean TRY to put it back together.

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Stormin Mormon

Beat to death, and starting to turn to glue.

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Stormin Mormon

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