Video anywhere showing cylinder release?
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Video anywhere showing cylinder release?
The key that used to work from the garage to the house stopped working at some point in the last ten years. I don't use it much. I'd like to check the pins, but using Google and YouTube I have not found a video that shows how with this type of lock. The nearby deadbolt on the front door is labeled Kwikset, but neither knobs are labeled with anything. Does anyone know where a video is for this kind of door knob (showing how to release the cylinder)? Photos of it attached.
#2
Looks like a Schlage lock. If it has the hole in behind the knob.... it should come apart. See if this video helps you.
you tube/watch?v=RAVyU5osp9E
you tube/watch?v=RAVyU5osp9E
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Thanks for the video. The four locks he disassembles involve manipulating the long rod, but the side of knob with the cylinder is the one on the left in each of my photos. i.e., no rod. There are no poke holes. Presumably I need to insert something into the rod hole on the left (bottom photo).
#4
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To these old eyes it looks like you have a Dexter knoblock. Insert the key, turn it 180 degrees clockwise and pull the cylinder assembly out of the knob. Reverse to reinsert.
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I watched a video on a Dexter and it does seem pretty close. The last step requires either the key to work (mine doesn't), to pick the lock (I have no tools), or to unscrew two inner screws which my lock doesn't have. I will either take it to a locksmith or just replace it.
Thanks, all.
Thanks, all.
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Agree with thisoldman, looks like a 70's era Dexter, and tho I've not seen any videos about it, I think the 2 screws referred to are the tiny Phillips screws holding the steel locking disc to the back of the plug...and I don't think they're easy to get to thru the square hole in the chassis. At any rate, these were pretty flimsy cheap locks and not worth fooling with. A locksmith will charge more to work on it than you could go to big box store and replace with similar imported Grade 3.