So glad i found this DIY rekey. I recently bought the house and the garage door set were missing the key. I had the locksmith rekey the whole house since the garage door set were missing the key so he skipped them leaving me no key to open or lock it. Your tutorial was so easy to follow and i was able to rekey them without the original key. Now I can open the whole house with the same key! Thank you so much for an easy to follow tutorial on this TH-cam! Good job!
Great detail step by step video. My door lock wasn't turning over when the key was inserted and it had been giving my problems in my apartment I believe the lock was just old an I think one of the pins was sticking. After watching this video I was able to switch some of the small pins around and then reset the key an it works just like new! Thank you great job!
My door knob cylinder lock looked a bit different and didn’t have the same backing plate and springs on the internal cylinder but otherwise resetting it worked the same by realigning the wafers replacing the assembly holding the wafers, pushing it against the spring to prepare to reset the key, and moving forward from there. Unless it’s an emergency I recommend ordering the cylinder removal tool from kwikset from Amazon (two days where I live) because it’s difficult to accomplish otherwise.
One note: it's easy to get the alignment not quite right so that the key works but with great difficulty. If you find yourself in this situation (and it's not due to a poorly cut key), the fix is easy (and probably exactly what you think): just follow the regular instructions to rekey but using your poorly working key as both the old key and as the new key. It should reset enough to correct the slight misalignment and get it to work.
Also, note that is the old style Smartkey. Some of what is shown here does not apply to the newer style (the process for the newer style is easier as it requires less disassembly).
So glad i found this DIY rekey. I recently bought the house and the garage door set were missing the key. I had the locksmith rekey the whole house since the garage door set were missing the key so he skipped them leaving me no key to open or lock it. Your tutorial was so easy to follow and i was able to rekey them without the original key. Now I can open the whole house with the same key! Thank you so much for an easy to follow tutorial on this TH-cam! Good job!
Worked great. Those tabs at 5:50 were the most difficult part...
Thank you so much for the easy to understand video. I could't figure out how to flip the key hole on the nub and your video helped a lot.
Great detail step by step video. My door lock wasn't turning over when the key was inserted and it had been giving my problems in my apartment I believe the lock was just old an I think one of the pins was sticking. After watching this video I was able to switch some of the small pins around and then reset the key an it works just like new! Thank you great job!
Very nice job. I tried to reset one last night and kind of forgot because it's been a while since i did one.. You clarified that for me. Great video!!
My door knob cylinder lock looked a bit different and didn’t have the same backing plate and springs on the internal cylinder but otherwise resetting it worked the same by realigning the wafers replacing the assembly holding the wafers, pushing it against the spring to prepare to reset the key, and moving forward from there.
Unless it’s an emergency I recommend ordering the cylinder removal tool from kwikset from Amazon (two days where I live) because it’s difficult to accomplish otherwise.
Thank you! Just the info I was looking for.
Thank you for the video! It worked!
One note: it's easy to get the alignment not quite right so that the key works but with great difficulty. If you find yourself in this situation (and it's not due to a poorly cut key), the fix is easy (and probably exactly what you think): just follow the regular instructions to rekey but using your poorly working key as both the old key and as the new key. It should reset enough to correct the slight misalignment and get it to work.
Also, note that is the old style Smartkey. Some of what is shown here does not apply to the newer style (the process for the newer style is easier as it requires less disassembly).
Thank you for sh. Very helpful and easy to follow. Got my locks rekeyed quickly and easy. Just what I needed. Well done Sir.
Great video. Thanks for sharing. New subscribe here
Great video! Did I understand well that in the first 0:46 seconds you showed how to set a new different key in the original lock? Thank you.
This video help me reset mine
Screw it. I just went bought a new one from HD and returned it. They make millions and just send it back to kwik set for credit.
1:59 Depressing the wafers. That's where u lost me. Not an easy task at all.