How To Install A Door Lock Cylinder

This is a video on how to replace the key cylinder in a commercial storefront door.

How to install a door lock cylinder.

Assemble the new door lock cylinder. Piece together the new door lock cylinder like the old one by putting the rubber gasket on the part of the cylinder that fit on the outside of the car door. Push the new small bracket onto the cylinder to hold the gasket in place. Place the key inside the cylinder and turn it to the left or right to make sure that the carrier is parallel with the cylinder.

You need to measure the distance from the middle to both sides of the cylinder left and right. Remove the screws securing the lock s keeper plate with a phillips head screwdriver. Insert the new lock assembly. Push the cylinder out of the lock maybe you need to push hard step 2.

Align the two long screws from the inside knob into the cylinders on the exterior door knob and tighten the screws. Push the new small bracket onto the. Measure the size of the old cylinder. There are several types of cylinder locks.

This is the easiest way to rekey your door if you re giving the cylin. Install both knobs by sliding the spindle through the slot in the latch. The one presented here is a. Remove the two screws holding the strike plate in place on the door jamb and install the new one in the same position.