pull off the striker plate (on the back set) rotate the striker bolt 180
degrees then reinstall lockset.



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| On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:41:59 -0800, wrote:
| I'm shocked that I have to order this Kwikset cylinder removal tool
| just to get the Kwikset lock to fit a right hand door.
| I must be missing something simple.
|
| I give up.
| I tried for hours to remove the lock so I could put it right side up
| instead of upside down in my right hand door.
|
| It seems I lack a three-dollar tool.
|
http://www.lockpicks.com/browseprodu...ving-Tool.html
|
| Instead of ordering the tool, I'm so very frustrated with this 50
dollar
| Kwikset lock that I'm returning it to the Home Depot tomorrow.
|
| What I learned so far is to never ever again purchase any door entry
lock
| that doesn't SAY whether it's a right or left-handed lock!
|
| Otherwise, half the time, we'd be buying the WRONG lock!
|
| I suspect Kwikset did this on purpose but for the life of me, I can't
| figure out what perverse thoughts were in their mind to torture us so.