Help with sidebar please (reassembly)

[tehfrr]

So I just received a CX-5 high security cylinder in the mail today, and of course the first thing I did was take it apart to see what was inside. Ive never seen a sidebar in person before, and much to my dismay everything fell out at once when I opened it up. I am not clear on how to correctly reassemble it. With the back side of the sidebar pins, I assume I want all the rectangular bumps to line up in a straight line inside the channel (red rectangles in the picture). Am I looking for them to be lined up directly in the center, or high/low?

Then once I get them lined up in the correct position, I am assuming I just drop the two tiny springs in between where the blue arrows are, and then place the bar on top of them, correct?

[tehfrr]

ok upon further inspection, perhaps I was looking at it wrong. I was setting one of the "peaks" to the middle of the channel. When I look at these sidebar pins all together, I see two distinct "plateaus", a high/shallow one, and a low/deep one. It makes more sense that one of these plateaus would line up with the sidebar. So when the key is fully inserted, would I be trying to line up the high/shallow plateaus, or the low/deep ones?

[l0ckp1cker]

That's a nice lock!

Did you visit the website already to look at the technical drawings there?

http://www.cx5security.com/info.html

Take a look at the "CX5 SFIC Service Manual" it should help you in reassembling the lock without too much trouble

[tehfrr]

oh thank you! I have been working on putting it back together for a while now, I *almost* have it now. Those docs should be really helpful. I did not even think to look there, never would have figured it would be out for public access, the whole "security through obscurity" thing.

The lock is pretty cool, most complicated thing Ive taken apart so far. Picked it up on the forums from unlisted.

[SnowyBoy]

oh thank you! I have been working on putting it back together for a while now, I *almost* have it now. Those docs should be really helpful. I did not even think to look there, never would have figured it would be out for public access, the whole "security through obscurity" thing.

The lock is pretty cool, most complicated thing Ive taken apart so far. Picked it up on the forums from unlisted.

You will get it eventually. I've had the same thing happen with an EVVA 3KS, all 12 sliders fell out and it took me an hour to put it back together! Then there was the Abloy Protec which I dropped the entire disc stack on the floor and they went everywhere.... I hadn't numbered them either, I didn't even know where the disc lock bar discs went in relation to the key! Took 4 hours lol

Even the ASSA Twin I had is hard to repin to accept two different cut keys, and its been cutaway!!

[awol70]

this may help a little
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJzGZZwUJOg
i wish mine had a key..=(

[tehfrr]

sweet, thanks. I really enjoy your vids...