How To Change A Defiant Door Lock

To ensure that your new lock fits in its opening use a tape measure to check the size of the hole where your lock used to be.

How to change a defiant door lock.

First remove the lock from your door following the manufacturer s directions. 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. Subscribe to my other how to channel. Insert the exterior part of the lock into the door by feeding the long metal piece through the opening in the center of.

Be sure to install your lock on the correct side of the door inside the bedroom or bathroom and make sure the knob is unlocked during installation. If the deadbolt comes with an interior plate and a decorative. Once the new pins are in reverse the steps to reassemble the lock. Then measure the setback the distance from the doorframe to the hole.

Turn over the lock so its keypad faces downward. Remove the lock from the door. They are typically used in bedrooms or bathrooms. Extract lock cylinder and c clip.

Test your new lock. Finally measure the thickness of your door. Measure the size of the lock. Dump out the old pins insert the new key and use tweezers or small needle nose pliers to match the new colored pins to the color code on the special instruction sheet.

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. You can watch this quick video or read on to learn how to replace your door knobs in 5 minutes or less. Insert the pins and reassemble the lock. How to re key a defiant lock.