How To Install A Door Lock Cylinder

Install both knobs by sliding the spindle through the slot in the latch.

How to install a door lock cylinder.

There are several types of cylinder locks. Push the new small bracket onto the. Remove the keeper plate from one side then slide the cylinder lock housing out of the door on the other side. This is a video on how to replace the key cylinder in a commercial storefront door.

Assemble the new door lock cylinder. Remove the two screws holding the strike plate in place on the door jamb and install the new one in the same position. The one presented here is a. Push the cylinder out of the lock maybe you need to push hard step 2.

Remove the screws securing the lock s keeper plate with a phillips head screwdriver. Measure the size of the old cylinder. Align the two long screws from the inside knob into the cylinders on the exterior door knob and tighten the screws. With a barrel lock it s the cylinder that allows the locking and unlocking of a door.

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. 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. Insert the new lock assembly.