How to Key a Yale Lock

Yale makes padlocks and other forms of security devices, many of which are opened with keys. Keying a Yale lock is no different than most other locks with a key system. Yale locks, on the consumer level, allow keysmiths to duplicate the padlock key should there be a need for extras.

• 1

  Grip the key with one hand and the lock with the other.

• 2

  Insert the toothed ridge of the key into the Yale lock keyhole.

• 3

  Turn the key to the left one half-turn to open the clasp mechanism on the padlock.

• 4

  Remove the key from the hole.

• 5

  Push the U-shaped clamp into the hole to reset the lock.