"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 6/22/2014 1:54 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>>
>> Yeah, except at some point you said he can't change out a door lock
>> without a locksmith. It's so convoluted I can't keep up.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Even that can be confusing. It is not a big deal to swap out a lock or
> deadbolt. Most are just a few screws. OTOH, if you want to re-key the
> existing lock, you usually have to go to a locksmith or have access to
> pins and a key grinder.

When my husband tried to buy a new lock for the mailbox, he bought something
that looked like it would work but it wouldn't. Why? Not sure what the
part is called but the flat rod type thing that goes to the side and then
back up when it is locked and unlocked stuck out too far so it wouldn't fit.

I called a locksmith and asked. He laughed and said that mailbox locks are
not available to the general public and that only a locksmith can put them
in.