rekey lock cylinders, possible?

[cfan10]

I need to rekey the three lock cylinders on my burb, (driver, passenger and back french door) how do I go about doing this, how much am I looking at for a locksmith. If you know of a cheap lock set please, let me know. How hard are they to replace. Any advice is greatly appreiated. Thanks.
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[motornut]

it would prob be cheaper to get new
i think some aftermarket company makes them now
not hard to replace just clips inside the door really
one for the lock to the door and one for the rod

[Toby Hines]

Are all the locks from the same year truck? Because GM used different key ways. OEM GM and most aftermarket copies keys are stamped with a letter designating the keyway. A/B- C/D- E/H- J/K. Now if you just lost your key for your doors you can just take one door lock down to your local Locksmith and have a new key made to it. Briggs and Stratton ( now Strat-Tec) made these OEM replacements and you can actually order thru a dealer or Lockshop,Un Coded and Un Restricted keyway locks meaning the Keyway will accept all the GM single sided keyways and you can get them rekeyed to your Ing. key so you only have one key for everything. This set up is for Fleet type keying of vehicles. I use to charge 10 bucks to combinate GM locks. I personally like the one key setup. If your door locks came from different year trucks you will most likely have different keyways and you will end up with different keys for your doors.

[MadManAndrew]

LMC sells new lock cylinders. Pretty simple to replace, but I believe you still have to have them rekeyed by a locksmith anyway?

[mariver]

Originally Posted by MadManAndrew

LMC sells new lock cylinders. Pretty simple to replace, but I believe you still have to have them rekeyed by a locksmith anyway?

i agree to have a new lock cylinders yet for sure try to seek help from a locksmith.












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[TheApocalyptican]

I paid 30-35 to re-key the back glass/tailgate lock on my S-10 Blazer from a local place. It's bigger local place, so you might be able to find a little cheaper.

[mariver]

Originally Posted by TheApocalyptican

I paid 30-35 to re-key the back glass/tailgate lock on my S-10 Blazer from a local place. It's bigger local place, so you might be able to find a little cheaper.

nice to hear that is much cheaper than the others.

[Slonaker]

I bought a set of new door locks and ignition for my truck (one key fits all three) for under $30 from Chevy Duty or whatever they are called now (Classic Industries?). Maybe they have them for the Suburban?

Slonaker

[Warrens69GMC]

I belive most parts stores have them as well.

[michael bustamante]

I work at Oreillys and we have the door locks avail. for 12.99 but not the back lock. im in the same boat you are
I need all three also
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[TexasDmax]

Originally Posted by cfan10

I need to rekey the three lock cylinders on my burb, (driver, passenger and back french door) how do I go about doing this, how much am I looking at for a locksmith. If you know of a cheap lock set please, let me know. How hard are they to replace. Any advice is greatly appreiated. Thanks.
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If you can not find an aftermarket supplier that has all three door locks with the same key, then the simpilest thing would be to buy two door locks that are blanks and have them keyed to your exisiting or new barn door lock. A locksmith can do this easily and get you the blank cylinders if needed. THey can even cut a key for the existing barn door lock if you have lost it.

[bucannon]

my local locksmith would do something like this for around 10 bucks! i cant believe yall pay 30

[TJBrown]

I replaced my doors locks and ignition lock and it took about 45 minutes. That included drinking two beers. they work alot better than the original worn out locks and was online like $16

[Corts60]

I lost the key to my '60 suburban, brought a local key shop my ignition lock cylinder and they made me two duplicate keys for about 3 bucks each and called me less than an hour later.

[pinkwratchet]

Originally Posted by bucannon

my local locksmith would do something like this for around 10 bucks! i cant believe yall pay 30

I just found a link on YT on how to recode/rekey the door cylinder locks yourself. My '47 loadie arrived today but the ignition key doesn't fit the door or glove box. I'm going to pull it in the a.m. and try. Has anyone else done this successfully on a classic?

[rpmerf]

find some old lock cylinders at the JY and grab the pins, grab a couple sets of keys or blank keys, get out the files and key them yourself!

[Axle]

find some old lock cylinders at the JY and grab the pins, grab a couple sets of keys or blank keys, get out the files and key them yourself!

Not quite. =-) There are no pins in gm automotive locks. Its wafers, precut to correspond with the key cut.

To rekey the door locks you need to pry off the bezel (gm dealer, or a locksmith will have new ones, the tabs usually break off), flapper door, slip out the cylinder and place correct wafer in appropriate posistion, slip cylinder back into housing, put on new bezel, tap over the tabs and viola.

Alex.

[Axle]

Just noticed, and can't edit any longer, I stuck in the BMW wafers, GM uses an L shaped wafer, but it works on the same principle.

Alex.

[Jewbacca]

I bought a new set with two keys at Napa for ten bucks. Took 20 min to install.