Flip Kwikset left-hand lock knob to right-hand keyhole reversal
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From: DB on 24 Jan 2007 22:50 "Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61-&spamblock*-@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45aaea67$0$4937$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com... > You can't pop the cylinder out with a screw driver. Takes a > special tool. No it doesn't.
From: alanjbates on 31 Jan 2007 21:46
On Jan 14, 2:03 am, "MsMonarchdan...(a)gmail.com" <MsMonarchdan...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > How do we flip a left-hand Kwikset lock so it works on a right-hand door? > > I bought a set of Kwikset Security locks which advertise "Fits All Doors" & > "Easy Installation". The Kwikset lock package contained two left-hand keyed > knobs and two deadbolts. > > The problem is there is NOTHING on the package that indicates the two keyed > knobs are set up for left-handed doors (those with the hinge on the left). > My outside doors are right-hand doors (they have the hinge on the right). > > It's crazy to me that Kwikset doesn't even SAY on the package that all my > lock cylinders will be upside down unless I can figure out how to switch > the Kwikset lock from being a left-hand knob to a right-hand knob. > > Do you know how? > > I googled only to find a very tough to follow description of the lock knob > keyhole reversing procedure sans pictures athttp://forum.doityourself.com/showthread.php?t=227800 > > Is there a PHOTOGRAPH or DIAGRAM of how to reverse a quickset lock that is > set up for a left-hand door to have the keyhole right-side up for a > right-hand door? > > The instructions have room for Spanish, English, and French, but no room to > tell us how to install the lock such that the keyhole is right-side up. > > Is the procedure to flip the Kwikset keyhole documented (with pictures)? I bought the same thing today and need to know the same thing! All my keyholes are upside down... erg... I havent found anything yet... |