Team Door Handle Does It's Worst

[mike]

the cheap one i got from g&s had a lock where the key
was not centred in the barrel and so i couldn't swop
either the complete barrel or the tumblers

mike

 --- Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net> wrote: > At
11:45 PM +0000 12/2/01, mike wrote:
> >But...on some of the cheap ones you can't swop the
> >lock barrels over
>
> Don't have to.  Transfer each brass "pin" from the
> old barrel to the
> new.  Check by inserting the key.  Piece of cake.
> If you're nervous
> about mixing them up, mark the old body and the head
> of each pin with
> a sharpie somehow..but even if you dropped them all
> on the floor, you
> have a 50% chance of getting the right pin within
> half the number of
> pin slots(5?  6? I can't remember) and each pin gets
> progressively
> easier.
>
> The locks work -so- much better when you take them
> apart completely,
> clean them thoroughly, and reinstall.  If you ever
> have reason to
> take the door panel off, do the lock and door
> handle(particularly
> non-flush door handles, which can be completely
> disassembled,
> cleaned/polished with a mototool wire wheel, lubed,
> and reassembled
> to work good as new.)
>
> B
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