5 Extra Holes In Cylinder

[Tygart]

Hey I just repined a Kwikset and when I took the cylinder out, I seen it had 5 extra holes. What are they for?



I had a box of Kwikset dead bolts and a bunch of keys I took all the pins from 3 locks, until I could make two locks keyed alike.

This is the first time I have done this..

[aussielocky]

Construction keyed bearings.

[cjames73]

heres a thread about this type of cylinder,

viewtopic.php?t=11904

hope this helps

[CompFX]

I have half a dozen or so of these kinds of locks and never once have I found anything in them holes. I take that back, I did find some power graphite in a schlage today, but that is it. They must you the same plug on const. and non const. locks, then charge more to throw the BB in there.

[Jryanruch]

The pellets slip out the bottom and back of the cylinder in some cases too..

[melvin2001]

yeah they use the same plug for both setups (normal, and const.) of cylinders, i assume a locksmith could "construction key" a lock for you if you asked or whatever, given the plug is drilled with the extra holes. i suppose its cheaper to just make a trillion of the same plug rather then make 1.4 billion of one plug and 100 million of another. (i think my math might be off)... at any rate even American padlocks often use a 6 pin cylinder in their locks, and only pin the lock with 5 pins, that way they only have one cylinder design.