Re-keying your locks, The how-to thread Options

[markb]

I was re-keying a lock for someone today, and thought it might be a good time to take some pictures & explain how you can do this yourself. It’s not rocket science, if I can do it, anyone can do it. Please correct me if I’m wrong, or use the wrong terminology.

I’ll start with a door handle, because that seems to be what needs to be re-keyed the most.


Your standard 914 door handle.

[markb]

And now for the dreaded glovebox lock.
It’s a pain in the a$$ to get out of the car. You need to take the strap loose that holds the glovebox in place, and to do that you should remove your radio to give you better access to the small nut holding the strap in place.
Once you can get to the lock, from the glovebox side, you can get a small screwdriver on the nut.

Once the nut is off, you can pull off the latch. There is a wavy lock washer in there, don’t lose it when you pull off the latch.

Now you can remove the 24mm nut, and take the lock itself out. There’s a locking sleeve that will come out with the nut.