Need Advise Re-keying This Weiser

[dab]

you have to be kidding, you can see the cap on the front of the lock, the "square post" has to be timed right in order for the front of the knob, not the entire knob, to come off.

[jimb]

I though I'd give everyone an update on this lock. First thanks to everyone for all the replies and suggestions.

Jryanruch and Raymond were correct on removing the plug on this lock. Just to recap you need to remove everything from the back of the knob, pull back on the small spindle and unscrew it from the plug. If you ever do one of these be prepared with your plug follower at this time. I was expecting the cylinder to come out and only the plug comes out. Caught it but not before allowing the last top pin to drop. Luckily the spring stayed in as it's a long way into the back of the knob to reload this pin.

I had even contacted Weiser for re-keying info. They requested photos and I sent the same ones that I posted here and after a couple of days they sent a fax for re-keying. Even they got it wrong. They sent 2 ways to disassemble this lock and neither one was correct.

[jimb]

I want to correct on thing in the above post. The shim may work. There has to be a way to remove the cylinder, but I don't know anything about this type of shim, nor do I have any specs to try to make one. So this was not tried.

[Jryanruch]

The weiser shim is a ------=======------ shaped tool that is used for shimming these types of locks as well as remove the cylinders from weiser 501/581 entrance locks when the key will turn but the spring in the inside knob will not release. I'd go into more detail about how that works, but I'm treading into bypass territory. Maybe a mod can explain the other uses.

[Jryanruch]

Correction: that should read weiser 501/531 locks..

[jimb]

The weiser shim is a ------=======------ shaped tool that is used for shimming these types of locks as well as remove the cylinders from weiser 501/581 entrance locks when the key will turn but the spring in the inside knob will not release. I'd go into more detail about how that works, but I'm treading into bypass territory. Maybe a mod can explain the other uses.

If the shim works without the key then it would be advanced. If it only works with the key then it would not be advanced and I would like to hear more detail.

The fax that Weiser sent me was for the A500 and A530 only?

[Schuyler]

Nice to hear that Weiser got it wrong

I'll be up at the house this weekend, might take a dig around for the old lock I removed, see how it compares functionality and brand-wise.