Abus 83/45 re-assembly help!

[Pawnshop]

A friend gave me a rather manky Abus 83/45 (with key) and I decided to take it apart and give it a good cleaning as well as a new shackle. I got it apart but now can not get it back together! I can not figure out how to orient the actuator or the coiled spring that goes on top of it... HEP!

I have searched the www and this forum and the only advise I have found is to use the "shackle changing tool" when changing the shackle, and I did not...

[femurat]

I had a hard time trying to reassemble a padlock too. Mine was an american lock, but I guess that reading the story wouldn't hurt.
Your best option could be to find a tech manual for your specific lock, but I guess that the spring fits just one way...

Good luck

[MBI]

If you've removed the bolt driver spring (the coiled spring that sits behind the lock cylinder, part #83402), those are a major pain to reinstall without the correct tool. All I can suggest is to use a couple of tiny screwdrivers or dental picks to manipulate things at the bottom of the hole, and be prepared to exercise some patience. The first time I had to do that, I fought the thing for probably 20 or 30 minutes (wishing I had 3 hands) before finally getting it. I swore I'd never go through that again, so after that I went out and bought a proper service kit for them. It's a snap with the bolt driver spring tool (#83900) and only takes a few seconds. I'd never subject myself to the frustration of doing it again without the proper tool.

Option number two, see if any local locksmiths can service Abus 83/45 padlocks. They ought to be able to fix you up in a jiffy.

[Pawnshop]

I finally got it figured out and back together, just trial and error until I got the driver in the correct position, the spring was the easy part.

Now I have a new quest: to find the part that makes the lock key retaining. There is a bit inside that can be removed to make it NON key retaining and it has been removed from this lock, I want it to retain the key so I need that part. I have looked all over the www and can not find a seller that has them, any ideas?

Thanks
Sam R

[cledry]

I finally got it figured out and back together, just trial and error until I got the driver in the correct position, the spring was the easy part.

Now I have a new quest: to find the part that makes the lock key retaining. There is a bit inside that can be removed to make it NON key retaining and it has been removed from this lock, I want it to retain the key so I need that part. I have looked all over the www and can not find a seller that has them, any ideas?

Thanks
Sam R

Just go to any locksmith, they should have a few floating around. Ask for the Abus Z Bar.

[Pawnshop]

Thanks, I will give that a whirl!

[minifhncc]

Should've come with the lock...

For me it always has.

[Pawnshop]

This was a used lock that was given to me, minus the Z bar. There HAS to be a pile of these Z bars out there somewhere that were removed from their original locks, I just need one!

[minifhncc]

This was a used lock that was given to me, minus the Z bar. There HAS to be a pile of these Z bars out there somewhere that were removed from their original locks, I just need one!

I believe they are sold in bags of 100...

[Pawnshop]

I found a locksmith today that is an Abus dealer and they had Z Bars. There are two types, red dot and black dot, and we were not sure which was the correct one. Since they were 60 cents each I splurged and bought both, and they both work in my lock.

I also bought a shackle change tool so I will not have the reassembly problem again!

[lockr]

I found a locksmith today that is an Abus dealer and they had Z Bars. There are two types, red dot and black dot, and we were not sure which was the correct one. Since they were 60 cents each I splurged and bought both, and they both work in my lock.

I also bought a shackle change tool so I will not have the reassembly problem again!

The black dot Z-bar is for the new "series 2" version of these locks, red dot is for the original. If you had to rewind the spring on yours it sounds as if it's the original version; apparently the series 2 locks have a special 3-in-one driver that eliminates the need for rewinding the spring.