If the cylinder is too badly scored it cant be rebuilt. I could machine a new one but it would probably be quicker to just find a donor and reset the wafers to work with the old key. What pin are you referring to? on both my doors the tumbler was held in place with a thin washer and a steel roll pin. And I am 99.995% sure that no one before me has opened my pass door. Andrei ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxxxxx> To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 1:33 AM Subject: Re: [DMCForum] Door lock parts WAS: door sizes... > Andrei, > > I'm curious how you go about re-keying those locks. I took a jammed-up one > apart and realized it was useless trying to put it back together. What > killed this lock was using a key copy that was just good enough to work. > This caused some of the wafers to stick out too far. Over time this scored > the barrel making a mess of it. Apparently what made it stick (so a key > wouldn't go back in) was from a wafer digging into one of the grooves and > getting stuck there. > > I think that this part of the lock is easily fixable by boring the cylinder > bigger and then pressing in a brass sleeve. But then there is the issue > with keeping the cylinder together. The pin is held in with tiny teeth that > break off because they are made of cheap pot metal. How can this be fixed? > Drill some holes so a new longer pin can slide in? > > I spend too much time thinking about silly things like that. :-) > > Walt > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get a FREE REFINANCE QUOTE - click here! http://us.click.yahoo.com/2CXtTB/ca0FAA/i5gGAA/HliolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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