This is a DIY Consumer Focused Video Rekeying Smart Key Cylinders by Kwikset may seem to be a simple task, however there are a couple of good "practices" to use while rekeying them that we talk about here to insure longest cylinder life.
With my first youtube video, I'll show the people how to get the cut code using a set of depth keys. Incase you get a customer with 14 of these locks and they've lost the keys. Just need to figure out how to make youtube videos first 😧
Hi Jason. Thanks for taking the time to do this video. A great educational video again. Great to know how to avoid pitfalls, and what to look out for. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
When I started my Locksmith adventure last year, I converted all of my door locks to the Kwk Smart key. I like the function and so far they seem to be working great. It’s a good set up to keep an eye on the durability etc. As far as the re-key, I got one of those acu reader camera set ups. It has been especially good for lockouts. Makes me look like I actually do know what I’m doing! Lol I just re-keyed a house with 6 Smart Locks and got that little ‘bite” you mentioned. Now I know why that happened..Thanks Jay!
I get a fair amount of calls where people don't push the key all the way in and then it doesn't work after they "rekey" it. My reset tool paid for itself the first week.
Nice vid Jason. I’ve found that if it don’t feel smooth after performing the rekey procedure then do it again. It may just be a tooth off on the slider. Since the keys need more accuracy do you charge the same to code cut them as you would to duplicate them? I have a duplicator that is spot on but I prefer to code cut if it’s Smartkey but if I have a bunch I might use the duplicator.
I got curious about the cores and how they work, so I took one apart. I found that it's rather easy to set them to a blank key and then use the tool to key it however you need to. Only takes a minute or two. When you can't find your cradle or the better resetter tool, it's good to know how.
Hey I had a case (where you put the better resetter), two of those pins were popped out where they couldn't be depressed with the reset tool. I disassembled the core further and cleaned/reset the springs/wafers where they belonged and reassembled. It reset perfectly and worked great. It was a side door short sale house going from bank to bank so replacing it was not really important. Wonder if this is a bad practice, or if repairs like this will hold up. The key that cause this problem was like a 56616 and the 1 cut surely was what popped it out like that to begin with.
I have always used the 14mc instead of the true cutter for KW and yes widen cuts unless there is a close to macs dumb bitting (like 51515) then I don’t widen
Heya I’ve got this deadbolt pinned at 56554 and it picks at the last one 4. I thought that maybe I pinned the other one that I keyed to that wrong. I switched out the key to a different smart key lock and it picked again at the last one. I don’t have a supply of these so I was wondering if you could pin one up and try the lishi pick on it. Which is the one I used btw.
A quick question I couldn’t find an answer to on the Schlage website. I am hoping to rekey a Schlage encode, smart deadbolt and a Schlage B 60N deadbolt to use this same key. Is the five pin cylinder on the Encode deadbolt the same or similar to the five pin cylinder used in the B60N deadbolt? Would they use the same pins if I bought a rekey kit online to rekey these cylinders? A vendor on eBay is telling me they use different pins, but he doesn’t sound that sure of himself. Many thanks for your help.
I watched another RU-vid video saying this Kwikset lock is crap and he recommended Schlage but I saw a video of yours saying the B660 quality went downhill because the shroud is now gone. I just replaced all my locks with this Kwikset. Do you recommend I replace all my new Kwikset locks and switch to Schlage?
Good video. I have entry door that is exposed to weather and have had to replace lock in the past. I think the weather has a lot to do with it. Will the lubricant help with the weather issues on my entry door Kwikset lock? Kwikset told me not to spray lubricant in my lock. Thanks
Kwikset is goofy saying that, lubricant helps almost everything as long as it is the proper type ;) LPS1, Houdini, TriFlow nothing else is as good and absolutely don’t use graphite or graphite based spray
My personal KW cradle works fine. The one at work doesn't and I've ruined two deadbolt cylinders. Now I just hand it over to my boss and let him deal with it.
Wait, sooooo that cradle allows you to rekey these when the customer doesnt have the original key in the first place? If so, where do I buy this cradle? & where’s the best place to order a few cans of Houdini 😅
I hate working on locks then come out looking like an auto mechanic. Graphite is Definate NO for me. Plus it gets all over the doors, you end up spending half your time cleaning up the mess than working on locks.
