Re-keying Euro Type Cylinder

[Mainer222]

I am attempting to re-key a euro-style cylinder for which I have no key. I have picked it and rotated the core 180 degrees but every description I have read says that there is a circlip that holds the core in place that must be removed to release the core. This particular cylinder does not have circlips but instead there seem to be washers with two indents around their perimeter that are not removable that I can see. The washers are continuous around their entire perimeter so I can't see how to remove them to release the core to slide it out. Attached are pictures that show the cylinder as well as the washers. Any insight into how to remove this core would be greatly appreciated.

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[globallockytoo]

drill the bible plugs and replace with squashed long master pins and file till flush.
Most Euro cyls today use Allen grub screws instead of plugs in the bible....so you can just unscrew them

[billdeserthills]

drill the bible plugs and replace with squashed long master pins and file till flush.
Most Euro cyls today use Allen grub screws instead of plugs in the bible....so you can just unscrew them

If you are going to the trouble of drilling out the caps, you might as well thread the holes and
install your own set screws--Are you really such a glutton for punishment?

I would just replace it www.gmslock.com/profile-cylinder

[ltdbjd]

I'm with you. It's easier, and I'm sure cheaper when you take your time and hassles into account to just buy a new one. GMS has some good prices on their "generic" line of products.

I've never used a GMS profile cylinder, but I've used their mortise cylinders and have never had a problem with them.

[Jacob Morgan]

Like some others, the only Euro cylinders I have rekeyed had Allen head screws atop each pin chamber--very easy to rekey. Screws on top of each chamber is a great design for any lock--besides being easy to rekey, it is more secure as well--it prevents a type of attack.

However, here is a video from a British Locksport enthusiast regarding clip removal if you have to go that route: https://youtu.be/uyMzzlXJpxI

[globallockytoo]

Like some others, the only Euro cylinders I have rekeyed had Allen head screws atop each pin chamber--very easy to rekey. Screws on top of each chamber is a great design for any lock--besides being easy to rekey, it is more secure as well--it prevents a type of attack.

However, here is a video from a British Locksport enthusiast regarding clip removal if you have to go that route: https://youtu.be/uyMzzlXJpxI

Wait until you have to work on the Euro's that have the plastic lid that sits just inside the bible. Oh Joy! (I forget the brand atm)

[tjohn]

plastic caps - CES

[billdeserthills]

plastic caps - CES

The CES aren't so bad, if you slip a razorblade down each side of the plastic cap, before prying it out
I use a brass strip to cover the top if the plastic cap breaks, just use a wide screwdriver bit to tamp
it into place, it is easy to remove with a shrum tool--Last CES cylinders I worked on, someone had busted
the caps and then epoxied the broken caps and pieces of wood into the cavity--It was goodbye lock,
even after I took my die grinder to it, the epoxy had gotten into the pin holes, expensive mistake for the owner