Can I use a kwikset 5 pin key on a kwikset ultramax 6 pin lock if I remove the sixth pin? Or is the key a different shape? Thanks jposi at flash dot net
Kwikset keys
Apr 18, 2005
Last reply: 21 years ago
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head is a different shape, UNLESS you got the NEW KW head shape.. the LOWER shoulder is offset from the upper
--Shiva--
But, since the 5 pin key has a shoulder that prevents it from going into the plug as far as the six pin blank, the five cuts will coincide with the first five tumblers on the 6 pin lock. This would mean you remove the spring, pin, and driver from #6.
When you pin up a five pin lock to the 6 pin keys, the key stops at the upper shoulder so you would ignore the first cut on the key and use the depths on cuts 2 to 6 to select the proper pins.
BUT, go look at the NEW KW blanks.. they modified the shoulder..its a new number I believe but it has the KW and not the titan head --Shiva--
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