Questions on rekeying Yale YRD-210

[PathogenVirdae]

I will be moving into a new place soon and have a pair of Yale Real Living YRD-210 locks. I would like to have one keyed to the other, but as I also enjoy learning and tinkering, I'd like to tackle this myself. I understand the concepts, I've had non-deadbolt door locks apart and successfully put back together. The problem I'm running into is, I don't know enough about pin dimensions. I can find repinning kits for Schlage, Kwikset, and others, but not Yale. Is there a place where I can find a small kit with multiple pins at multiple lengths? I know there are larger kits that cover a few brands, but at that point ( I assume) it'd be cheaper to take it to a locksmith, as I don't really have a need to repin a ton of locks (for now.)

[billdeserthills]

That Yale 'easy living' lock is a real pos, in fact the last time I installed a few the owner called me back
out and replaced them inside of a month. However it uses Kwikset pins and Kwikset depths
If you brought that lock to my shop I would charge you $8.50 to rekey one, good luck finding your
own pin kit for less money than that

[PathogenVirdae]

That sucks to hear. Already spent the money though so I guess I'll give it a shot. The sale on 'em makes sense now though. Thanks for the information! If they end up terrible I'll chalk it up to a learning experience about getting excited before getting opinions.

[tjohn]

If you have a local locksmith store that would be the easiest way. Just take keys you want it keyed to & lock (with its keys) you need done and it should be around $8-15 for just the one
but yes, Yale residential is Kwikset standard.

f these are the lever handles you need a Allen Wrench and turn cylinder 90 degrees to unlocked position and use Wrench (pretty sure it's metric) to turn Allen screw through hole on Handle however it has a slightly odd setup on how the screw holds Cylinder in. Also beware the timing of internal piece when you remove & reassembly with key oriented the right way (same way you removed it)

[Ralph_Goodman]

That Yale 'easy living' lock is a real pos, in fact the last time I installed a few the owner called me back out and replaced them inside of a month.

What was the reason they got fed up? Battery life? Electric motor not properly moving the bolt properly? Those are the issues I hear about most often.

Just wondering if there is there is anything different about this smart lock that makes it even worse than the average smart lock.

[billdeserthills]

That Yale 'easy living' lock is a real pos, in fact the last time I installed a few the owner called me back out and replaced them inside of a month.

What was the reason they got fed up? Battery life? Electric motor not properly moving the bolt properly? Those are the issues I hear about most often.

Just wondering if there is there is anything different about this smart lock that makes it even worse than the average smart lock.

My customer didn't say anything in particular, as to the reason he called me back out a month later.
As I was taking one of the Yale Easy Livin' locks off the door it started smoking--I had neglected to remove the batteries
I told the client and he said "that lock had never worked correctly even from the time I had installed it"
when I got it apart the wires had fused together. He put it back in the old box and likely sent it back
to Amazon for a refund. I know when I installed the pair of them, both Yale locks had made all the correct
noises. I had left it up to the client to program them to work off his smarty phone--I don't do any of the programming

However if you ever wonder why Yale products are junky take a look around Wal-Mart--They only sell the
lowest quality Yale locks there. Yale locks are also featured at the couple of Habitat for Humanity projects
I have seen and it isn't because of their 'fine' quality

[GWiens2001]

So you let the smoke out of the lock? That will cause failure every time - those electronic locks require a full charge of smoke to operate correctly. Let any of it out, and time for a new lock.

Gordon