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Changing Your Locks

Changing Your Locks

Discover How-To tutorials on rekeying InstaKey user-rekeyable cylinders, swapping out interchangeable cores, and changing standard cylinders.

Rekeying

How do I prevent having to change my locks?

What is rekeying?

What is the difference between rekeying and recoring?

When should I rekey my locks?

How do I rekey an InstaKey core?

Which Rekeying Kit should I use?

How do I rekey with a Control Key?

How do I rekey a Mortise Lockset?

How do I rekey an Emergency Exit Device?

How do I rekey an Exit Alarm?

How do I rekey a Storeroom Leverset?

How do I rekey an Office (push button) Leverset?

How do I rekey a Deadbolt?

How do I rekey a Padlock?

How do I rekey an Electrified Lockset?

What do I do when I've reached the last step of an InstaKey system?

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Interchangeable Core Installation

How do I use a Control Key?

After I have exhausted all available rekeys, how do I change an Interchangeable Core?

Troubleshooting Techniques

What can I do if my key is stuck in the lock?

What is the tube of black stuff (dry graphite) in my Rekeying Kit?

What do I do if my old key continues to work in the lock?

What do I do if I cannot get the required 180 degree rotation of the Step Change Key to complete a rekey?

Why do my new keys look the same as my old keys?

What do the numbers on my InstaKey key mean?

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