How to Change your USPS Mailbox Tenant Lock

How to Change your USPS Mailbox Tenant Lock

Select Commercial Mailboxes receives a lot of calls from owners of USPS approved 4C mailboxes and outdoor cluster mailboxes. Replacing your tenant USPS approved cluster mailbox lock is simple and quick! This is a simple guide to changing the lock on your Florence Mailbox apartment mailboxes. These steps apply to your USPS cluster mailboxes or your 4C horizontal mailboxes.

Supplies:

To begin you will need to basic tools and 1/2" nut driver and a pair of channel locks.

Step 1:

Contact your Local Post Office so that a letter carrier can give you access to the USPS apartment mailbox.

Step 2:

Once they let you in pop the latch. With the doors open locate the lock you need to replace.

Step 3:

Take your 1/2'' nut driver and remove the nut.

Step 4:

Once the nut is off, remove the cam which exposes the clip.

Step 5:

After you remove the cam close the gate.

Step 6:

Take your channel locks and pull down on the clip. The lock will come out.

It's always a good idea to pull the key out of the lock to breathe which will prevent breaking.

Step 7:

Take the lock and insert it in the apartment mailbox. Take the clip, using the channel locks get underneath the clip and squeeze up.

Be sure to always use a new clip when installing a new lock.

Step 8:

With the new lock and clip installed you are ready to install the cam. Tighten the nut with your 1/2" driver.

With the cam in place your lock is ready for use!

Summary:

Replacing your tenant USPS approved cluster mailbox lock is simple and quick! Hopefully this guide will help you change your USPS approved 4C mailboxes and outdoor cluster mailbox locks quickly and easily. Check out this helpful video below.

Mailbox Maintenance: Changing a Lock - Florence Corporation

To get replacement locks, contact our Customer Specialist Annie Dzubinski @ annie@selectcommericalmailboxes.com or 888-348-9713. Need a new mailbox system? Browse our 4C mailboxes or shop Cluster Box Units.