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How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

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How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby GWiens2001 » 4 Nov 2013 15:04

How to reassemble a euro-profile lock with a solid body

Just received a box of locks in the mail. :-D  One of them was 'some assembly required'.  

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Have not had to reassemble a euro-profile lock with a solid body (does not come apart with screws), so took some pictures as I worked it out.  Hope this helps some people out.  Hope to gain some input from those who have worked with these before and have some ideas.

Here are the parts that were in the bag.

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First, stuck the key into the plug and found which key pins went where. The first driver and key pin are steel for drill protection.  The rest are brass.

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Once that was done, organized the driver pins, key pins and springs.

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Now, to get the cam out, remove the clip from the other side.

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Put the key into the other side and turn it slightly.  Note - this is a dimple lock, so it is only slightly turned.

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Now pull the plug out slightly.

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Now the cam can be removed.  Note - keep the part inside the cam where it is.  That way it stays in the correct position.  Once the cam is removed, slide the plug that you just pulled outwards back into place and remove the key.  That will keep that side from getting messed up.

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Load all of your springs into the lock.

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Now take a 1/2" diameter dowel, and using the cam to be sure the sections are not too wide, and cut as many sections as you need.  Probably a good idea to make sure the cuts are straighter than these, but they did work.

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Insert the first section of dowel from where the cam normally sits.

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Put a driver pin into the innermost pin channel.  Push the dowel section in lightly to lock the driver pin in place.

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While pressing on the dowel section, use tweezers, small screwdriver, Bowie knife, chainsaw, or other tool, to push the driver down so the dowel section can move in enough to keep the driver pin in place.

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Now the follower section is farther in.

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Add your next follower section.

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Repeat adding drivers, pushing them down, and adding/moving follower sections until all driver pins are installed.

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Hey!  The driver pin for the first cut is magnetized!  Cool!

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All drivers are loaded.

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Now take your plug that needs to be installed (with the key pins already in place)...

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And be sure that if your plug has holes on the other side of the plug, they do not line up with the driver pins!

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As you push the plug in, remove the follower sections as the come free.

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All follower sections are out.  Both plugs are slightly outwards.

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Install the cam.

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Push the plugs back in and install your clips.

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Done!

Good luck, and would like to hear better ideas!

Gordon
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Re: How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby Achyfellow » 4 Nov 2013 15:19

This is brilliant. I disassembled a dimple lock this morning and It is being a royal pain in the ass to reassemble. I'll try this and see what happens :)
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Re: How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby fgarci03 » 4 Nov 2013 21:37

:evil: :evil: :evil:

Gordon,

You have no idea how much time I spend in front of THAT lock trying to assemble it!
Yeah... I've never been able to assemble an euro profile lock! :oops:

Your idea is brilliant and I'll be sure to test that out on a couple locks I have lying around here!


Have you managed to pick it?
I did a couple times. It's not exacly a difficult lock, but the warding made me cry for a while. I'm a little reluctant to file off my dimple pick, but for that lock it may be necessary!


Thank you for this reassembly tutorial! Very thorough and straight on! :wink:
Go ahead, keep plugging away, picking on me! You will end up on bypass or with rigor mortise.
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Re: How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby GWiens2001 » 4 Nov 2013 22:23

:P :mrgreen:
You could have tried this method. :wink:

Yes, picked it a couple of times. Used a dimple lock pick Femurat made for me. 8)

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Re: How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby fgarci03 » 4 Nov 2013 22:55

I tried it. No success!

The clip always slides away... If I'm lucky, it slides off on the first or second pin. But usually it lets me waste 20mins of my miserable life and slides when I'm trying to insert the last pin :evil:
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Re: How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby GWiens2001 » 5 Nov 2013 1:00

You can try using tape to keep the clip from sliding to the side.

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Re: How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby femurat » 5 Nov 2013 5:49

Nice tutorial Gordon. I've red about this idea and thought I may try it for a multilock I still have in parts somewhere. Now you've made a great tutorial about this and I'm sure it'll be useful for many others.
The tricky part is to remove the cam... sometimes the plug slips away and everything gets messed up. I know because it happened to me two times :oops:
By the way, I'm glad you still put my pick to good use :mrgreen:

I should have some time next week and I'd like to make some picks. I may make one for you too fgarci... I'll PM you if I manage to make one extra.

Cheers :)
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Re: How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby fgarci03 » 5 Nov 2013 8:31

femurat wrote:I should have some time next week and I'd like to make some picks. I may make one for you too fgarci... I'll PM you if I manage to make one extra.

That would be awesome :mrgreen:

Thanks!
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Re: How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby cledry » 5 Nov 2013 18:51

I use magnets for the follower, they stack up into a solid follower and break down like your wood dowel for removal.
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Re: How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby ARF-GEF » 6 Nov 2013 7:43

Very nice and timely guide Gordon, someone asked sth realted not long ago.

Here we don't use plug followers, we use these little thingies to hold down the driver (bottom) pins.
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The black part is to keep it at the lock (it's just for stability) while the protruding metal slab is pushed in to cover and keep down the pins one stack at a time. (Step-by-step fashion).
Then you push in the plug with it's slit allowing to keep the thin metal slab on the pins. Pull out the thing an you can turn the plug :)

It needs a bit of practice to master but it let your work very fast. It's also pretty universal.
You can make one yourself you just instead of the plastic part get a U shaped metal half-tube which can fit at the bottom thin part of the euro cylinders.
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Re: How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby beancurd » 6 Nov 2013 8:17

Excellent tutorial. It was something which was bugging me for ages. A plug follower for a eurocylinder, and the answer was cut the follower up! :oops: why didn't I think of that!
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Re: How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby SnowyBoy » 10 Nov 2013 7:32

Hehe, welcome to my world!

To be fair, it is a lot easier for me since one side is cutaway and i can manipulate the pins and springs to go in their place through the cuts :p
What a load of old BiLocks!!!!

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Re: How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby GWiens2001 » 10 Nov 2013 10:04

SnowyBoy wrote:Hehe, welcome to my world!

To be fair, it is a lot easier for me since one side is cutaway and i can manipulate the pins and springs to go in their place through the cuts :p


Then again, you get a lot of locks that function in unusual ways, have rarely - if you have ever - seen before, and need to figure out how and where to cut them.

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Re: How to reassemble a euro profile lock with a solid body

Postby cledry » 10 Nov 2013 19:35

beancurd wrote:Excellent tutorial. It was something which was bugging me for ages. A plug follower for a eurocylinder, and the answer was cut the follower up! :oops: why didn't I think of that!


Keedex has had their K19 follower out for at least 10 years. Prior to that the Locksmith Ledger had the idea of using magnets in its Tips & Tricks section. I've used the same bunch of magnets I bought at a hobby shop since the article came out. You can use it as a regular follower too.

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