Defiant Locks Rekey Kit
22.12.2018by admin
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DEFIANT (5-pin ) Rekey Kit - $15.68. We are the manufacturer of the CHANGE-A-LOCK DEFIANT (5-pin cylinder) rekey kit which is a do-it-yourself lock rekey kit for the home, apartment dweller, and small business owner.
This subreddit gets a lot of spam and often good posts get caught in the filter. You can replace the whole lock, out just rekey everything. I went the rekey route because the property already had 6 of the same lock set and they were good quality. I think I paid 30$ for a big rekey kit online and did all of them in. I'm going through this right now! It was a great learning experience, and let me guide you through what I did, and what I SHOULD have done.
Your house is likely similar to mine, in that there are many locks, and they're not all of the same brand. Unfortunately, for the most part, brands are not compatible. So - you'll need to change out the hardware completely for a few doors if this is the case. The old owner had 'Defiant' locks (Home Depot brand) and they're awful. They had one schlage lock. I opted to replace all with schlage. EDIT - in some cases you can just replace the cylinder.
This isn't possible in some cases, but you can see on that some people do this. So - What I SHOULD have done, was buy one schlage lock, and then rekeyed everything to that.
Defiant Locks Website
Here's what I would have done: • Bought the schlage lock. Held on to the key • On the key, there is a code of numbers. Congrats - these are the bottom pins you'll need to buy.
Just buy a big set like the ones. Note: I didn't buy here, as they weren't the cheapest. • Bought a Schlage follower. You NEED this simple tool or else you'll never get the cylinder together (springs won't compress, and you'll have a mess) • Rekey all the locks. Aside from buying the new hardware, this can be done yourself for less than $20 (for Schlage, and probably kwikset). This would have taken some trial and error, but not really any more than 5 minutes worth (just testing different pins with the master key in there to see if they're flush or not).
Defiant Deadbolt Rekey
What I did instead because I didn't know better. • Bought the schlage hardware to replace all the defiant-brand locks and consistently have schlage. • Bought a rekey kit for schlage. This gives you a generic key, and will usually replace 6 locks. It also has all the tools. Unfortunately, the key doesn't have the numbers on it. • Realized something stupid - I have 7 locks that needed rekeying.
Now I had to buy another set of bottom pins. Now I have a ton left over. • Had to buy a bump key ($8) because i suck at picking locks and the old owner didn't leave the key to one door.
You need the old key to remove the pins from a lock. • SIMPLY ASKED THE GUY AT HOME DEPOT. I went to home depot to find out how much it would cost to rekey the one lock.
The guy told me that I could pay him, or he'd just give me the pins for free if I knew the numbers. I didn't (generic key from rekey kit), but if I did, I'd have them. Maybe another HD associate can help you too. *** If you have the patience, I recommend rekeying yourself. It's cheap, easy, and you get to easily learn a new skill.
Yes - the first lock might take you an hour if you accidentally remove the follower tool prematurely (springs and pins EVERYWHERE!), but it's not a mistake you make again (unless you forget to cap the end of the cylinder before reinstalling. SPRINGS EVERYWHERE!). Let me know if you have any questions. I'm now learning about master locking, which can be nice - make yourself a master lock that opens all doors, while giving someone else a slave key that only opens up select doors. It's typically pretty easy to rekey yourself if you have both the original and new key. We had Schlage locks, so I bought smile.amazon.com/dp/B00002N768/ for around $50 and rekeyed six locks.
You could rekey a whole lot more with that kit. I found it pretty easy and fun, though I did mess up once and had springs and pins flying--wasn't too tricky with tweezers to fix, though. Note: some of the reviews mention that the kit is missing a tool to remove the cylinder cap for deadbolts. You totally do not need this tool, it's just slightly more convenient to use it rather than a paperclip or something else to push the pin down.