yale door lock

[pie muncher]

ok guys, standard yale door lock i have found on ebay, assuming its a 5 pin standard cyl lock, will i be able to strip it down easily so i can practice some of the exercises db has put on here, i.e detecting binding pins etc?

Also just really wanted to have a good look at the inside of a working lock, may help me with my picking?

[Keyring]

Yes, the standard Yale is easy to strip down.

It's also easy to muck up if you don't think carefully before doing anything. I've ruined springs in my time.

To take out the barrel you just pull off the circlip. If you turn the barrel 30 degrees right (using the key), and then pull you will have it in pieces. If you had it in a plasic bag when you started, then all those pieces will now be inside the bag. (Otherwise they will be all over the place.)

[pie muncher]

ah ok, thank you for your help, i will make a bid!!!

[Shrub]

Use a plug follower, pull the follower out until 2 pins are left and it will save you tryig to get the springs and pins in again the first time,

[horsefeathers]

As an aside....the tool I made to open out the rings on cylinders (those that are just c-clips and not circlips with little holes) is an old bycicle spanner - you know the ones with loads of various nut holes in the middle and around the edge. I took the best fitting edge 'hole' and filed one corner to a sharp point. The blunt corner goes round the edge of the clip while the sharp corner jabs under the edge of the c-clip. A gentle bit of leverage is all needed to slip it off, or at least enough to get to grab it better with pliers.

Not original idea but the tool is small, light and v.easy to use.

regards

wayne

[pie muncher]

hmm a plug follower, and a bicycle spanner eh?... i feel some more research on the search engine coming on.......