Compartment Door Key Lock - 7/8" - Standard

Video Transcript for JR Products Compartment Door Key Lock Review

What's up, everybody It's AJ with etrailer.com. Today we're checking out these compartment door locks from JR Products. Come in a few different sizes, they're gonna be great for if you have one that's slightly damaged or doesn't turn quite like it used to, you can easily replace it and get a brand new one. Let's check it out. Now, the compartment door lock key is gonna come in a few different sizes. It's gonna be five eights, seven eights, one and one eighth, and one and three eighths.

They're all going to be chrome plated zinc. The measurement is gonna represent how much sticks out from the back of the door, so just keep that in mind when you're picking out the right one for your door. And then they're all going to be keyed differently as well, so you can't get them in a set where they're all key alike. So each one of these replaced are gonna have a different key. Install's not gonna be that bad, it's actually pretty easy.

Once you remove the first core, it's gonna be the same thing in reverse. You just backing that off the back, remove it and then put this back in that hole, secure the lock back on, and it's pretty much installed. But check out how I did it. First thing we're gonna do is put our lock core through the hole on the basement door and push that all the way in. I'm gonna flip the door back up and go to the backside here.

I'm gonna clip in our door, and now we're gonna add our nut to the backside to help hold it in place. Just gonna do it by hand thread for now, I'll come back with the tool and tighten it down. I'm not gonna over-tighten it, I just wanna make sure it stays in place. Now we're gonna add our back tab. That's gonna be the latch that closes the door or keeps it locked.

Now, you get two different ones. You get a straight one or one that curves. So we're gonna have the one that comes out a little bit because we need that to go around the backside of the door. If we use this one, it wouldn't be able to click in. This one has that extra space, so it'll work. So let's put that over the square portion here, and then add our screw. And then come back with a tool. Just gonna test it out real quick before I close the door. You can see it operates, so that means we'll go to close it. It's all locked up. Lock cores work really well. I recommend these specifically for if you're just gonna replace one of them on your rig. If you're going do multiple basement doors, I would recommend looking at one of the other kits that offer like that where you have a bunch of keys added to your key ring. But otherwise, I think that does it. Thanks for hanging out. I hope it's helped..