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SlimJimmy

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7. Does it require a key on both the inside and outside locks?

Reply to area51 (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 27, 2022, 08:41 PM

Oct 2022

If so, then you talking about two separate locking mechanisms. One can be fixed/replaced. If the interior lock is a hand turn, then the entire lock might have to be replaced.

Sorry misread your post. Two keys mean two separate locking devices.

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