Andrew, this video just saved my friend $250 Canadian dollars cause his attempt at rekeying a SmartKey cylinder failed miserably and the lock locked up! I was able to get the core out of the deadbolt body, take it apart thanks to this video and reset it to the actual housekey during reassembly, works perfectly. Thank you for the concise instructions and excellent camera placement to catch where all the parts go correctly!
The residents in Mesa AZ are fortunate to have Andrew. I took a set of these locks to Home Depot in Nashville Tennessee where they were purchased to have them re-keyed. After making three trips back by to pick them up they informed me they could not be re-keyed without the key that fit. Thank you Andrew. I knew it could be done and thanks to your video even I can do it!
This was exactly the video I needed. Thank you! If you did what I did and somehow made a mistake while re-keying, you can try to use the same key you ended with and just pull it out/up/down in small increments. It may work in one position. If so, turn it 90 degrees to the right insert/remove the smartkey and start over. When that fails, this video shows exactly what to do!
I'm not a professional, just a DIY'er that installed a Kwickset Smartkey deadbolt with a key that didn't work. Your instructions were spot on! Got the deadbolt keyed to my house key in about 30 minutes. Thank you for your precise tutorial!
You're awesome! As others have said, I've seen other vids but they didn't make sense. Bought a Kevo and managed to brick it within minutes so that no key worked. Now it's all good!
There is a bunch of these on RUclips, but yours is possibly the most concise and clear. I had two messed up Weiser locks. The instructions they provide for the Smartkey are either incomplete or wrong. After some experimentation I found that I could only rekey them if the special tool was inserted from the time I had the original key in 90 degrees until I had put in the new key. I had messed up two locks trying to follow the included instructions. One was a newer style that is different than shown in this video. The side bar was held into the slider with two spring clips and the springs are on top of the side bar rather than underneath. The basic principal worked the same though. You just had to remove the spring clips from the slider and do more fiddly work to get it back together.
Thank you so much for this information. I was on the verge of insanity looking for my lost key. Thankfully, your in depth instructions allowed me to re-key to a key that operates another lock in the house.
Sweet! Thanks, I got one of those programmable locks and I managed to make it not do anything. Thanks to you and your video I was able to make it work again. With the right key even! Thanks!
Such a huge help! I messed up my lock, and with your easy to follow instructions, I got it working again. Never would have thought I could fix it myself if I didn't have this video to walk me through it.
Thank you! Something must’ve been wrong with the key cradle I was using. I re-keyed it twice but once I pulled out the key, it wouldn’t work. So I had to re-key it manually and it worked! Hallelujah!
Hi Andrew, thank you so much!! I followed this video and successfully made my ONE WEEK OLD lock work again!! This video is very easy to follow. I could see each step very clearly. I was going to either buy a new deadbolt or call a locksmith for help. I am glad I found this video and gave it a shot! Thank you again!
Andrew is the man ....completed this intricate well detailed kwikset rekey on first attempted. Hardest thing was holding the parts together during reassemble. Thank you so much in taking time out to but this video out for us to leverage!
Thanks for this. I somehow derped the rekey procedure on one (out of four) new locks so that neither the old nor new key would work. With your help I was able to fix it.
I have done that, too. Our local hardware store (no locksmith in town) wanted to sell me a new one as they 'can't be fixed'. Five minutes with this video and I had fixed my mistake. Thanks!
I know this is an older video but I had lost the key and was able to rekey the lock and it went smoothly thanks to your video! Appreciate you taking the time to make this tutorial!
Thanks!! Saved my butt. Rekeyed 3 locks, 2 were the standard rekey with the Kwikset kit, opened the 3rd and it was the smart lock! You made it as easy as the 1st 2! 👍👍
Thank you for the video. it was a big help! I'd watched a similar video but the locksmith forgot to slow down for the inexperienced viewers. This time it worked because no steps were skipped over.😃
Awesome video! Very informative, I thought I was going to have to call Kwikset. It only took me two tries to get it to work. Thanks for posting this. Well done!
Thank you so much Andrew !!! I reset one of my kwikset cylinders which had been re-programmed and the new key would not work (even with all the tries to find the right part of the key which had been programmed). This video is MAGIC ! Char.
Thank you for this detail video! I found two locks in the garage, no keys. With your help, we rekeyed them with our spare keys. Now we can use them somewhere.
Thank you for this great video. With your help, I was able to save 4 locks and a Powerbolt 2. My son bought a home that had no keys and we were able to save all of the locks and rekey them to all work off the same key!!
Thank you so much for posting this video. I just replaced all my home locks with the Baldwin quickset locks. I threw away the old keys after rekeying but the front door deadbolt reset did not take properly and I was stuck without a key that worked. With this tutorial the front door deadbolt lock now works with the proper house key.
Kwikset would not open with the key I've used for 4 years. Don't know how or why but with your video I was able to get it working again. Thank you very much!
Thank you for this video. It enabled me to rekey a new Kwicset lever handle lock that came with a bad original key. As info this newer lock's sidebar is held in place by two plastic "C" bands with a tiny spring under each.
Thank you so much! I have used many Kwikset Smartkey locks and this is the first time I had one that did not re-key properly. The key that came with the lock didn't work and the key I tried to re-key to did not work. Your video and instructions saved the day!!!
Tried a different video that didn’t explain nearly as good as you. I was about to give up and came across your video which answered all my questions and now I have successfully rekeyed my lock to match the key to another entry door.
I Just started working at a hardware store in the section that rekeys locks and I figured this out the other day on my own. Guess I did everything rite because i did exactly what you did. Go me!!
Thanks for the video! Bought and installed a couple locks and messed up while rekeying. Thought I was going to have to go buy another one but found your video and all is well. Thanks again!
Moved into new house, the house key we were given did not fit one Weiser deadbolt lock on the side door. It is a smart lock. I just re keyed the lock, thanks Andrew. I now have the only working key to this deadbolt lock.
That worked great. One of my little saw shaped wafers broke. I was able to follow your instructions and get the lock back together, with the key I wanted. I works just fine with 4 instead of 5 pins.
Technically it's more susceptible to picking now but really? I'd take my chances or move out of the neighborhood of I was that concerned because locks don't deter thieves
I use a set of depth keys to read the wafers on top of the assembled Lock. Decode and cut a key to fit. Works great for me. I mark a line on the rekey tool to act as a depth gage to measure the right height of the wafer when it in the correct position.
Excellent video. Saved me like $80. ON the newer locks you do not need to removed the side bar. In fact i don't even now how you would accomplish that as it is held in by two retaining clamps on either side. Regardless of that this only took like 15 minutes from start to finish. THANKS SO MUCH.
Great job from one locksmith to another! Cradle tool is the way to go, but this is good knowledge to have in your toolbox. Plus helps to understand exactly what's going on in the lock if you need to troubleshoot.
Thank you so much this helps greatly now i work at Home Depot and we rekey alot your very thorough on your explanation thanks again and i have subscribe and get notification on new videos
Thanks Andrew.. Somehow you made those parts seem bigger than they actually are.. :) I just moved into a new house where I have six internal doors with smartlocks and no keys.. first one is the Lever Style Tustin Handle.. man those Allen set screws are a bitch when the lock wont turn.. You got me on the right track !! Tustin done.. now for the round style knobs. Thanks!!
Worked flawlessly the first time without any special tools and only took 5 minutes. DON'T lose the wafers or springs when seperating the two halves of the cylinder. They fall out very easily, so work over a confined area when disassembling it.
For the master set smart key system would it be the same thing....im a maintenance guy and we started using these so this was a great video on how to fix them or rekey them so you dont "lose" a lock
Have the Cradle, but prefer the way you show. Ran into house with several Smart Key, Keyed same, took 1 apart, inserted depth key til at same height as a working key to decode. Next time I dig out My Smart Key stuff, while core is out of cylinder, want to try applying pressure to the slider, and see if they can be moved into place with a hook to put slider in the rekey position. Ever try? Thanks
I have several kwikset older style locks entry door and deadbolt. I have rekeyed them several times and have locks that are easily nearing 40 years old. The all work wonderfully by just changing the pins for the new keys. How well and long will these much more complex Kwikset smart key mechanisms last over time. It seems that the more moving parts the more problems and shorter the lifespan. Wendy
Actually, I recently messed up my brand new lock (Weiser Halo / Kwikset) so that neither the new or old key would turn the lock. I took the outside portion with key cylinder off the door. With the new key in the lock, I held the lock with the key pointing down (toward the floor) and with light pressure turning the key, I shook the lock and within seconds was able to turn the new key. Re-installed on door and all was right with the world.
Sounded like it didn't fully reset when you first did it so you were managing to wiggle and jiggle it to get it to open again so you could reset it that's awesome glad you got it fixed.
@@Andrewslockandkey yes, what I had done wrong was put the old key in and turned it 90 degrees clock-wise. I then used the kwikset key, but then turned the old key back to center before I removed the old key. At that point neither key worked.
My daughter got the key stuck in the deadbolt tonight. Found your video and had the key out, inserted to rekey it, and installed in less than 30 minutes. I don't know for sure but it looked like when she pulled to get the key out but didn't turn it back to 12 o'clock, she jammed some wafers. Key wouldn't come out and wouldn't turn either.
Oh, and the cylinder with the wafers and pins was VERY hard to remove from the sleeve, also making them think something like a wafer was jamming it. And when I did get the cylinder out of the sleeve, I found wafers falling off the cylinder rather than in the groove. No idea how that is even possible, but now I feel more prepared to tackle other lock issues.
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Andrew, this video just saved my friend $250 Canadian dollars cause his attempt at rekeying a SmartKey cylinder failed miserably and the lock locked up! I was able to get the core out of the deadbolt body, take it apart thanks to this video and reset it to the actual housekey during reassembly, works perfectly. Thank you for the concise instructions and excellent camera placement to catch where all the parts go correctly!
The residents in Mesa AZ are fortunate to have Andrew. I took a set of these locks to Home Depot in Nashville Tennessee where they were purchased to have them re-keyed. After making three trips back by to pick them up they informed me they could not be re-keyed without the key that fit.
Thank you Andrew. I knew it could be done and thanks to your video even I can do it!
You helped me rekey my lock after my key stopped working. Life saver and MVP over here! Thanks for making these instructions
This was exactly the video I needed. Thank you!
If you did what I did and somehow made a mistake while re-keying, you can try to use the same key you ended with and just pull it out/up/down in small increments. It may work in one position. If so, turn it 90 degrees to the right insert/remove the smartkey and start over. When that fails, this video shows exactly what to do!
Glad I could help out 😊😊
Thanks for taking my call!!! After the wafer issue was resolved, I was able to rekey properly.
I'm not a professional, just a DIY'er that installed a Kwickset Smartkey deadbolt with a key that didn't work. Your instructions were spot on! Got the deadbolt keyed to my house key in about 30 minutes. Thank you for your precise tutorial!
Glad to help out 😊
You're awesome! As others have said, I've seen other vids but they didn't make sense.
Bought a Kevo and managed to brick it within minutes so that no key worked.
Now it's all good!
Well done. You have a radio voice.Thank you so much.
There is a bunch of these on RUclips, but yours is possibly the most concise and clear. I had two messed up Weiser locks. The instructions they provide for the Smartkey are either incomplete or wrong. After some experimentation I found that I could only rekey them if the special tool was inserted from the time I had the original key in 90 degrees until I had put in the new key. I had messed up two locks trying to follow the included instructions. One was a newer style that is different than shown in this video. The side bar was held into the slider with two spring clips and the springs are on top of the side bar rather than underneath. The basic principal worked the same though. You just had to remove the spring clips from the slider and do more fiddly work to get it back together.
Thank you so much for this information. I was on the verge of insanity looking for my lost key. Thankfully, your in depth instructions allowed me to re-key to a key that operates another lock in the house.
Glad I can help you out.
Sweet!
Thanks, I got one of those programmable locks and I managed to make it not do anything. Thanks to you and your video I was able to make it work again. With the right key even! Thanks!
Thanks for this video it was amazing to fix my lock at my work.
Such a huge help! I messed up my lock, and with your easy to follow instructions, I got it working again. Never would have thought I could fix it myself if I didn't have this video to walk me through it.
Thank you! Something must’ve been wrong with the key cradle I was using. I re-keyed it twice but once I pulled out the key, it wouldn’t work. So I had to re-key it manually and it worked! Hallelujah!
Hi Andrew, thank you so much!! I followed this video and successfully made my ONE WEEK OLD lock work again!! This video is very easy to follow. I could see each step very clearly. I was going to either buy a new deadbolt or call a locksmith for help. I am glad I found this video and gave it a shot! Thank you again!
+H Tarien glad I could help out
Andrew is the man ....completed this intricate well detailed kwikset rekey on first attempted. Hardest thing was holding the parts together during reassemble. Thank you so much in taking time out to but this video out for us to leverage!
You are very welcome Mr Torres.
You just save me $$! I need it to change the cylinder and I couldn’t figure it out until I saw your video. Thank you so much!
I had to come back... All good now! Thank you so much. I feel like I learned something really useful today.
Glad to help out
Thanks for this. I somehow derped the rekey procedure on one (out of four) new locks so that neither the old nor new key would work. With your help I was able to fix it.
I have done that, too. Our local hardware store (no locksmith in town) wanted to sell me a new one as they 'can't be fixed'.
Five minutes with this video and I had fixed my mistake.
Thanks!
Glad I could help you
I had to do this after the tool and key fell out just as I was turning the the lock.
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I know this is an older video but I had lost the key and was able to rekey the lock and it went smoothly thanks to your video! Appreciate you taking the time to make this tutorial!
Glad I could help out
Thanks!! Saved my butt. Rekeyed 3 locks, 2 were the standard rekey with the Kwikset kit, opened the 3rd and it was the smart lock! You made it as easy as the 1st 2! 👍👍
Thank you for the video. it was a big help! I'd watched a similar video but the locksmith forgot to slow down for the inexperienced viewers. This time it worked because no steps were skipped over.😃
I thought we were going to have to buy another deadbolt - this (after several rewatches and redoing steps over lol) saved the day! Thank you Andrew!!!
You are very welcome 😁
Glad I could help out
I found a smartlock in my garage that didn't have a factory key that worked. This video was perfect to help me solve the problem.
Awesome video! Very informative, I thought I was going to have to call Kwikset. It only took me two tries to get it to work. Thanks for posting this. Well done!
Thank you so much Andrew !!! I reset one of my kwikset cylinders which had been re-programmed and the new key would not work (even with all the tries to find the right part of the key which had been programmed). This video is MAGIC ! Char.
Thank you for the comment. Glad I could help out
Thank you, I managed to save my deadbolt by following your instructions!
Glad I could help 😃
Thank you for this detail video! I found two locks in the garage, no keys. With your help, we rekeyed them with our spare keys. Now we can use them somewhere.
Clear and precise video. I actually followed through with only a jewel flat head screw driver and the instructions worked perfectly. TY so much!
Glad I could help
Saved me from having to call Kwikset and get a reset cradle. Fixed my deadbolt in less than 10 minutes. Thank you!!
Thank you for the very clear and to the point refresher on how to do this. Nice tutorial.
Thank you for this great video. With your help, I was able to save 4 locks and a Powerbolt 2. My son bought a home that had no keys and we were able to save all of the locks and rekey them to all work off the same key!!
Glad we could help you out
Thank you so much for posting this video. I just replaced all my home locks with the Baldwin quickset locks. I threw away the old keys after rekeying but the front door deadbolt reset did not take properly and I was stuck without a key that worked. With this tutorial the front door deadbolt lock now works with the proper house key.
Was able to rekey my girlfriends lock thanks to you! Awesome video, very helpful!
Thank you so much for this video - clear step by step instructions and superb visuals! Lock re-keyed in 10 mins
Thank you for the detailed instructions. Your video so impressed me. I now fully understand how Keykwik door lock works and also how re-key works.
Best video I have seen on re keying kwikset locks. Saved me a couple hundred $$$. Thanks so much!!!
Thanks for taking the time to do this video.
Really appreciate it.
Kwikset would not open with the key I've used for 4 years. Don't know how or why but with your video I was able to get it working again. Thank you very much!
Glad I could help you out Todd
Thank you for this video. It enabled me to rekey a new Kwicset lever handle lock that came with a bad original key.
As info this newer lock's sidebar is held in place by two plastic "C" bands with a tiny spring under each.
Thank you so much! I have used many Kwikset Smartkey locks and this is the first time I had one that did not re-key properly. The key that came with the lock didn't work and the key I tried to re-key to did not work. Your video and instructions saved the day!!!
Glad to help out 😊👍😁
Just saved my butt, with this Kevo lock. Turned in all the old keys when I moved.
Glad to help out 😊👍
thank you for your help - I got the lock assembly back together and it works great
Thanks, I saved money 💰 with you video, , I don't have key but one old key works perfect now, I have home key now, thanks
Thanks so much for this video! Screwed up somehow while re-keying my new lock, this helped me to fix it. Really appreciate it!
Excellent video. I think your doing it so quickly at the end is what made me keep trying.
Tried a different video that didn’t explain nearly as good as you. I was about to give up and came across your video which answered all my questions and now I have successfully rekeyed my lock to match the key to another entry door.
I Just started working at a hardware store in the section that rekeys locks and I figured this out the other day on my own. Guess I did everything rite because i did exactly what you did. Go me!!
Thanks for the video! Bought and installed a couple locks and messed up while rekeying. Thought I was going to have to go buy another one but found your video and all is well. Thanks again!
A very instructive video. I was able to easily reset my lock. Glad i stumble upon this video as all the others I saw were crap!
You are welcome
Moved into new house, the house key we were given did not fit one Weiser deadbolt lock on the side door. It is a smart lock. I just re keyed the lock, thanks Andrew. I now have the only working key to this deadbolt lock.
Great video! Saved me from having to buy a new lock. Thanks!
That worked great. One of my little saw shaped wafers broke. I was able to follow your instructions and get the lock back together, with the key I wanted. I works just fine with 4 instead of 5 pins.
Wayne Duncan was wondering if that was an option myself.
One of my wafers was facing the wrong way!
Good to know.
Technically it's more susceptible to picking now but really? I'd take my chances or move out of the neighborhood of I was that concerned because locks don't deter thieves
Wow! Just watched your video and I re-keyed my kwikset deadbolt! Thanks a million my dude!
Glad to be a help.
Amazing! Thanks for the vid. Saved me a trip to the locksmith.
Thank you for this video. It was very easy to follow and I was able to re key my lock.
Awesome video for rekeying the smart key cylinder.
I use a set of depth keys to read the wafers on top of the assembled Lock. Decode and cut a key to fit. Works great for me. I mark a line on the rekey tool to act as a depth gage to measure the right height of the wafer when it in the correct position.
excellent video, it worked beautifully! saved a lot of time and money! thanks
Cool. I just learned about smart key locks. Helpful to know this stuff.
Thanks for creating this helped out in changing a lock with a lost key.
Thank you. For an amateur who lost his key to the backdoor this will be my weekend project!
Excellent video. Saved me like $80. ON the newer locks you do not need to removed the side bar. In fact i don't even now how you would accomplish that as it is held in by two retaining clamps on either side. Regardless of that this only took like 15 minutes from start to finish. THANKS SO MUCH.
This was great. Thorough and clear. Thanks so much.
Great job from one locksmith to another! Cradle tool is the way to go, but this is good knowledge to have in your toolbox. Plus helps to understand exactly what's going on in the lock if you need to troubleshoot.
Thanks for this walkthrough. Very helpful and worked like a charm!
+userdude08 thank you for watching and commenting. Glad you got it to work for you.
Thank you man. Great instruction that saved me a good amount of money.
YOU ROCK! Fixed my lock, thanks!
excellent, excellent instructions I had to watch the video a couple of times, old people are like that., so now where do I take my lock smith exam.
Thank you very much for the great video. It really did help me a lot
Glad I could help out 😊
You're all over the place :) Looks like night and you look tired, signed the mystery locksmith :)
+ultimateazhole hahahaha
Awesome!!! Thank you. I’ve had two fail while rekeying.
Great video. Extremely helpful. Saved me $100. Thanks
Thanks a lot man.. you just saved me some money. I did it and it worked.. Thanks again man
+Lucas Anzaldua no problem and that's what it's for thanks for commenting and watching
Great video This helped me out on a couple locks that the keys were lost
Thanks! You saved a lock that I thought belongs to the trash!
+Zoe Kwok thanks for watching.. glad I could help you out with the lock
That worked awesomely well! Thank you!
Not sure how I landed on this video , but it was very interesting .... Ive never seen the inside of a lock before .... Very cool video ....
Thanks for the help, actually performed this today. Thanks again
Thanks for answering my call man!
Glad I could help out I hope you got that figured out
Awesome tutorial. Thank you. Life saver.
Thank you so much this helps greatly now i work at Home Depot and we rekey alot your very thorough on your explanation thanks again and i have subscribe and get notification on new videos
Exactly what I needed. Easy peasy.
Thanks Andrew..
Somehow you made those parts seem bigger than they actually are.. :)
I just moved into a new house where I have six internal doors with smartlocks and no keys.. first one is the Lever Style Tustin Handle.. man those Allen set screws are a bitch when the lock wont turn..
You got me on the right track !! Tustin done.. now for the round style knobs.
Thanks!!
+Steven Hartney getting the cylinders out of the knob is a little bit more of a trick you either need a special tool or too small screwdrivers
Thank so much for this video. It saved me!!!!
Worked flawlessly the first time without any special tools and only took 5 minutes. DON'T lose the wafers or springs when seperating the two halves of the cylinder. They fall out very easily, so work over a confined area when disassembling it.
Glad you got it 🙂🙂
Thank you . it worked out great !!! 👍 there going to write songs about you !!!
Awesome! Your video saved me sir!! Thank you very much!
Works great, just remember when your in the field be sure you carry a pick set, and you'll be all set
Awesome! Thank you. Very well done.
This was a life saver. Ty for the video
This is great. I think I screwed up my garage door knob lock. Thanks... trying now...
For the master set smart key system would it be the same thing....im a maintenance guy and we started using these so this was a great video on how to fix them or rekey them so you dont "lose" a lock
Thank You Very Much,, You are a great teacher
Have the Cradle, but prefer the way you show. Ran into house with several Smart Key, Keyed same, took 1 apart, inserted depth key til at same height as a working key to decode. Next time I dig out My Smart Key stuff, while core is out of cylinder, want to try applying pressure to the slider, and see if they can be moved into place with a hook to put slider in the rekey position. Ever try?
Thanks
Worked great. Thanks!
I have several kwikset older style locks entry door and deadbolt. I have rekeyed them several times and have locks
that are easily nearing 40 years old. The all work wonderfully by just changing the pins for the new keys.
How well and long will these much more complex Kwikset smart key mechanisms last over time. It seems that
the more moving parts the more problems and shorter the lifespan.
Wendy
Excelente video amigo, me sirvió mucho 👍
Actually, I recently messed up my brand new lock (Weiser Halo / Kwikset) so that neither the new or old key would turn the lock. I took the outside portion with key cylinder off the door. With the new key in the lock, I held the lock with the key pointing down (toward the floor) and with light pressure turning the key, I shook the lock and within seconds was able to turn the new key. Re-installed on door and all was right with the world.
Sounded like it didn't fully reset when you first did it so you were managing to wiggle and jiggle it to get it to open again so you could reset it that's awesome glad you got it fixed.
@@Andrewslockandkey yes, what I had done wrong was put the old key in and turned it 90 degrees clock-wise. I then used the kwikset key, but then turned the old key back to center before I removed the old key. At that point neither key worked.
I did find your video...and was going to attempt following it, but in the frustration of just pooching my new lock I shook it and the key turned.
Thanks, very easy fix.
My daughter got the key stuck in the deadbolt tonight. Found your video and had the key out, inserted to rekey it, and installed in less than 30 minutes. I don't know for sure but it looked like when she pulled to get the key out but didn't turn it back to 12 o'clock, she jammed some wafers. Key wouldn't come out and wouldn't turn either.
Oh, and the cylinder with the wafers and pins was VERY hard to remove from the sleeve, also making them think something like a wafer was jamming it. And when I did get the cylinder out of the sleeve, I found wafers falling off the cylinder rather than in the groove. No idea how that is even possible, but now I feel more prepared to tackle other lock issues.