Extract lock cylinder and c clip.
How to rekey defiant door locks.
Remove the cylinder from the cylinder guard in the lock and insert your old key again.
The metal casing provides durability while the individual slots allow for perfect separation of all pins and tools.
It kit comes with everything you need to rekey a defiant lock.
Use the wire tool from the kit to remove the deadbolt from the door by pushing the tool.
You cannot rekey a kwikset or sargeant lock to open with the same key as a schlage lock because different brands of locks have different size keyholes that only accept their own keys.
For rekeying the lock cylinder the locksmith must.
Take out the cylinder plug.
How to re key a defiant lock remove the lock from the door.
Defiant locks share the same type of keyway with the kwikset brand which means that a defiant key will fit into a kwikset lock and vice versa.
Insert the pins and reassemble the lock.
Push the plug follower through the cylinder using constant pressure to remove the plug.
This defiant rekey kit is perfect for locksmiths or multi property owners.
For use on exterior keyed entry locking functionality.
If all the locks on your house are kwikset locks you can still buy a defiant lock and match it to work with your current house key.
Insert the key for the current lock into the cylinder and turn it to separate the upper and lower lock pins.