maxxed wrote:The AP5 is a master blank, wafer locks like this are sometimes master keyed by having a different height on each side of the keyway. The blade of the key on the regular blanks are on one side and the AP5 is on the other and that is why the AP5 did not work.
note: not all of these locks are masterkeyed
AP5 worked fine and the blade was definitely on the correct side. There definitely was only one set of wafers inside the lock.
you really shouldn't need to tear anything apart.
By "tearing it apart" I just mean to disassemble the metal compartment. I didn't actually have to break anything, lol.
take a lock pick and lift the last wafer to pull the cylinder out . if you feel the back of the lock and there is a screw ,remove it and the cylinder will come out.
That's not how the retainer was constructed. I know what you mean, the USCAN cam locks I sell are like that. But on these locks, the retainer was one of those "outside" o-rings. There was a slight gap cut around the outside of the lock, and I popped the o-ring out with a small pin once I had disassembled the sheetmetal case on the drawer.
With the locks out of the drawers, I read the key and cut them onto some AP5s. The bitting was not even close to what Instacode says, and AP5 worked fine. Thanks anyway guys.
I think I can tell the difference between a BMW automobile and a small drawer lock.... LMAO....