La Fonte (looks like a Medeco)

[mh]

If the lock is cheap and the plug looks like this
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you will have problems if the top pins drop into the notches - be careful about that.

mh

[illusion]

::Starts up photoshop::

Ohh yeaahhhh...

Okay... let's stop this all, before the ecstacy gets out of control...

::ponders for several more minutes::

"But what if db was covered in mazola?"

[p1ckf1sh]

You say you can still turn the plug even with the shim stuck? Try rotating the plug back and forth while pulling on the shim to loosen it up.

You might try to give the lock a good shot of WD40 or silicon lube or something like this. This might help to get the stuck shim back out. Slight taps with something heavy might help to loosen up the stuck plug.

Good luck!

[Wrenchman]

I gave the lock some loctite super lube, turned the plug with a plier, and was lucky to get the piece out whole.

The pins are HUGE the longest ones are 8x4 mm

Look how the pinholes are lined up, that is pretty straight



p1ckf1sh, I just saw your post, before I hit submit, thanx it worked!

[Blink]

Congrats on getting the shim out, and the lock torn apart!

That pinning looks really ugly! Med, High, Low, Low, High, it could be a good practice lock if you could keep it .

[raimundo]

look at that follower that he's using on the top pins, I only ever heard of that from brazilians. or perhaps its also useful on euro cylinders.

[Shrub]

You need a double pronged one on euro cylinders but its the only way to repin them if you dont have a euro jig.

I did see the follower and thought a proper one would be better but whatever works i guess so didnt mention it lol

[p1ckf1sh]

You need a double pronged one on euro cylinders but its the only way to repin them if you dont have a euro jig.

What is an "euro jig"? You can pretty easily repin a lock by using little slices of wood or metal tube in the according diameter to. It worked pretty well for me?

[Shrub]

Yes and the best way is magnets

A servicing jig is a vice that hold the cylinder and clamps to the table, it has a long rod that you can push into the lock to hold the pins

[Wrenchman]

Here is the Key for the La Fonte, and pin 3 & 4 are, IMO, quite deep, but did I reach the bottom for makeing a bump key?

Yes and the best way is magnets

If you weren't kidding, could you tell me why where and how it works, or should I do a search?

[p1ckf1sh]

If you weren't kidding, could you tell me why where and how it works, or should I do a search?

Shrub was referring to the plug followers. There is a product available that consists of little magnetical discs or better yet barrels. They are slim enough to be inserted through the coupling opening of a euro cylinder. You insert one by one by one as you retract the plug and the fact that they are magnetical ensures that there will be no gaps in between.

Basically a sliced plug follower.

[Shrub]

What he said