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Subject:Re: Door handle/lock changing question
From:BenT Syncro
Date:Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:00:27 -0800

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Anyone trying this had probably better use a drill bit... you'll need
> the hardest thing you can find! I had no problem with this, my first
> time into the lock innards, and my car looks sooooooo much better for
> it. Thank you listmembers Unca Joel and Dre Lengyel for the nice
> handles!
>
> Can I take the old tumbler assemblies, if that's what they are called,
> and have them re-keyed to pop into my slider handle so it is keyed the
> same as my other doors?
>
> Jim

Hi Jim,

You would be better off pulling out the lock wafers and laying them out in
order. Then you can simply match
the wafers to re-key any of the other locks to the same key.

If you only want to re-key the sliding door handle, just take out
the wafers and transfer directly onto your sliding
door handle cylinder in the same order. Just a reminder, the lock cylinder
in the slider handle is held in place by
a tiny screw.

BenT