schlage deadbolt removal

sjmor...@gmail.com

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Mar 11, 2017, 8:55:50 PM3/11/17

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any help with how to remove a schlage deadbolt that has no screws on the interior face? The entire interior face is the control handle (single cylinder) and on the grip part are two pin-holes. I've tried pishing pins into the holes and screwdivers and allen wrenches but none of these are working. Can anyone offer any guidance? thanks

con...@jumbolocksmith.com

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Mar 26, 2017, 4:22:00 PM3/26/17

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On Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 8:55:50 PM UTC-5, sjmor...@gmail.com wrote:
> any help with how to remove a schlage deadbolt that has no screws on the interior face? The entire interior face is the control handle (single cylinder) and on the grip part are two pin-holes. I've tried pishing pins into the holes and screwdivers and allen wrenches but none of these are working. Can anyone offer any guidance? thanks

Check the interior turn-piece, it's held with an allen screw to the lock.
Unscrew it, and remove the turn-piece.

Once it's removed, there should be a little grove at the bottom of the cover plate, just enough for a small flat-head screwdriver.
Push a flathead in it and try to pry the cover open.

Goodluck, let me know if it worked

If it didn't, try posting some pictures.

Roger Cann

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Mar 27, 2017, 9:14:14 AM3/27/17

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On Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 8:55:50 PM UTC-5, sjmor...@gmail.com wrote:

> any help with how to remove a schlage deadbolt that has no screws on the interior face? The entire interior face is the control handle (single cylinder) and on the grip part are two pin-holes. I've tried pishing pins into the holes and screwdivers and allen wrenches but none of these are working. Can anyone offer any guidance? thanks

If it's the double cylinder deadbolt you can pop off the interior cap exposing the screws. Snap off at bottom of keyway is usually the easiest method.

ruth...@gmail.com

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Jul 28, 2019, 2:31:31 PM7/28/19

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On Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 8:55:50 PM UTC-5, sjmor...@gmail.com wrote:

> any help with how to remove a schlage deadbolt that has no screws on the interior face? The entire interior face is the control handle (single cylinder) and on the grip part are two pin-holes. I've tried pishing pins into the holes and screwdivers and allen wrenches but none of these are working. Can anyone offer any guidance? thanks

did anyone figure this out? i am having same trouble but IO can't find anywhere that an allen wrench will work.

Jeff Kiral

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Jul 28, 2019, 10:29:08 PM7/28/19

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It's either an Allen wrench, 1/8" or less, and you have to rotate the back plate on the inside of the door slightly to find the inner screws, or it is a tiny flat head screwdriver. Never seen one if these type Schlage deadbolt have a Philips head screw.

Derek Broestler

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Jul 30, 2019, 1:38:00 AM7/30/19

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On Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 8:55:50 PM UTC-5, sjmor...@gmail.com wrote:

> any help with how to remove a schlage deadbolt that has no screws on the interior face? The entire interior face is the control handle (single cylinder) and on the grip part are two pin-holes. I've tried pishing pins into the holes and screwdivers and allen wrenches but none of these are working. Can anyone offer any guidance? thanks

I'm not familiar with a model that matches your description, but agree due to other one's I've worked on in the SC1 keyway (GOOD Baldwin in particular) that you might have to remove the thumbturn and then cover plate. Pictures in the case would be REALLY helpful.

Jeff Kiral

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Jul 30, 2019, 1:54:25 AM7/30/19

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You cannot remove the thumb turn from the type of lock that was described like a normal deadbolt...to access the bolts that hold this type Schlage lock in place, you must do so by inserting the Allen wrench into the exposed holes. But, you have to slightly turn the interior faceplate on the thumb turn side to be able to insert the wrench into the bolts which are on the inside of the lock. It is the only way to non-destructively remove the deadbolt. I do not have a picture to post, but on the interior side there are 2 access holes. These allow the wrench to be inserted in order to remove it from the door. Once removed, there is an unconventional clip holding the cylinder in place that you can remove with a pair of needle nose pliers. I have only seen these type deadbolts on exactly 1 building in my area, but they are on every door (approximately 90 doors) in the building. My guess is that they are pretty old models that builders installed. Cheap locks, but once you figure 1 out you'll never forget them.

Derek Broestler

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Jul 31, 2019, 1:29:41 AM7/31/19

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Wow, just when I'd seen just about everything Schlage had to offer, even the older stuff... Sounds like a PITA to deal with if you're walking in cold not familiar with the design.... especially with 90 locks in one building to potentially rekey... That sounds like something that would have me cursing under my breath and MAYBE even actually admitting to my wife that I bid the job too low... lol DEFINITELY sounds like one of those "have to figure it out once and you'll never forget it"

Any idea on the model number?

Jeff Kiral

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Jul 31, 2019, 1:37:22 AM7/31/19

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Derek,

Its actually an easy lock to rekey once you figure out the first one. It really didnt take me that long to figure it out. I do not know the model number, but I will post back when I find something. Schlage actually has a few tricky older deadbolt models that need some figuring out, especially the double sided ones with weird screws and hidden access holes (God forbid these are stripped or frozen in place!). Ive also run into some older Dexter that take a minute to figure out, and those also require a long Allen wrench to take apart.

pickproof

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Aug 1, 2019, 8:35:00 AM8/1/19

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Those are just metal "caps" that push into the screw heads.. The screws are located under those metal "pins" The metal pins are actually screws that have metal caps pushed into them so they look like you can't unscrew them. Take a very sharp small screw driver and pry under those caps and they will pop off revealing the screw head.

Jeff Kiral

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Aug 1, 2019, 9:24:38 PM8/1/19

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On Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 8:35:00 AM UTC-4, pickproof wrote:
> Those are just metal "caps" that push into the screw heads.. The screws are located under those metal "pins" The metal pins are actually screws that have metal caps pushed into them so they look like you can't unscrew them. Take a very sharp small screw driver and pry under those caps and they will pop off revealing the screw head.

You are describing an older Schlage double sided deadbolt. That is not the one being described in the original post. The one he is asking about has a thumb turn on the inside with two open holes, no caps covering them. If you slightly rotate the inside face while inserting the correct size Allen wrench, you will see that it will go into the head of the interior bolt holding the cylinder housing in place. Once you remove the cylinder housing you will see a KIK (key in knob) cylinder held in the housing with a weird retainer clip that can be removed with needle nose pliers using a little finesse. Trust me, I have worked on these before :)

roe...@bellsouth.net

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Dec 18, 2019, 2:46:08 PM12/18/19

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I have a lock like this. I tried flat head screw driver and different size allen wrenches. Nothing works. I rotated it back and forth to try to find any screw heads to loosen.