gr00ve wrote:its a lock on the door to my room at my own house which we dont have a key for so if it breaks it doesnt really matter, i just dont want to take it because then i'd have a hole in my door

Um, if it breaks in a locked position and you don't have a key for it, isn't that going to cause some real problems for you? Seriously man, a new Kwikset deadbolt can't be more than $10-15 dollars at your local hardware store, and you can screw around with the pinning on it afterwards because it's not in your door. I get that that lock itself might not be "in use", but it sounds like it's on a door that certainly is in use, and messing around with it could end up creating a problem for you if the lock gets messed up.