Era Fortress Sashlock Help

[rontgens]

I bought recently an Era Fortress an while i was cutting out the metal on the front of the lock in my vice to make a makeshift cutaway the lock flew off and bits went flying everywhere.

It's not the lock part I'm having problems with putting back together but the handle part if that makes sense and inparticular putting the silver spring back in....I'm a newbie and sashlocks are new to me so I could do with help to put the spring back in...or a picture of which place it should go........HELPPPPPP LOL.

[rontgens]

The handle part seems to still work fine without the silver spring in (weird) but I hate springs that need to be put under tension to put them back in place...especially when it's not clear where/or which way round it's supposed to go and clip onto.

[horsefeathers]

try to get a smallish nut and bolt and put it thru the follower (handle part) and then fix it in place with the nut and bolt. The bolt head or nut should be smaller than the cover cap handle hole but not so small that it falls thru follower. So you have the bolt going thru the handle part and can be tightened down with the nut on the back of the lock case. You should then be able to put the cap back on (so long as the nut/bolt is not bigger than the handle hole). Then when screwed down you can remove the nut and bolt.

There is a sticker on the Fortress stating in effect that the cover should not be removed unless you are a locksmith.

Now you know why!

[rontgens]

So are you saying I shouldn't open a lock because it/era says so lol?

[rontgens]

Sorry but I don't understand your instructions but if no-one else replies I guess I'll just have to work it out myself...like a rubiks cube

[rontgens]

I have the lock back/spring in place together! Thanks for the help guys!
I had a handy screwdriver with a um square end that little sockets fit on and this fitted quite well to wind the tension on for the spring...I then just held all the parts in place with my hand and rescrewed on the frontplate.

I understand what you mean now horsefeathers about screwing a nut and bolt through the 'follower'. The larger bolt at the back stays in place whilst the bolt at the front goes through the lock and keeps this follower thing in place and locked down when you take the frontplate off.

It's funny now thinking about the sticker saying you need a locksmith tool to do that. When you don't really, you just need to know where that spring goes.

[rontgens]

I hit enter before I'd finished...I was just going to add that I guess it makes it look more professional if when you take the lock apart infront of a client that springs don't go flying everywhere.

[horsefeathers]

Glad to be of help - eventually

[mhole]

Era supply a tool which is faster to use than a nut and bolt. It's a must to have one if you need to relever a fortress, or you can loose valuable time getting that spring back in situ. Sometimes it'll pop back in a minute, othertimes I've given up after 30 minutes of struggling and got a different lock! They also supply a tool which stops the curtain jumping out of place wihilst the cover is off, though you can also use a key, or cut down a key balnk to do the same thing.

IMO it's represenative of the bad design of the new fortress range that they need special tools for simple jobs like rekeying and reversing the latch, which used to be easily performed with no specialist tools.

[Gordon Airporte]

IMO it's represenative of the bad design of the new fortress range that they need special tools for simple jobs like rekeying and reversing the latch, which used to be easily performed with no specialist tools.

Or good design because now they can sell you tools as well as locks

[mhole]

They supply the tools free of charge if you're a trading lockie and call the number on the sticker.... not a big money maker

[bumber]

They supply the tools free of charge if you're a trading lockie and call the number on the sticker.... not a big money maker

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