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Push Pin Key Locks

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Push Pin Key Locks

Postby stratmando » 8 Oct 2020 8:59

I have 1 Of these, tensioning is done by pulling on shackle, anyone take one of the apart, being you push pins in, no turning involved, I Imagine it has a piece that moves sideways to allow shackle to open. Anyone open up or have other info?, thanks.
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Re: Push Pin Key Locks

Postby GWiens2001 » 8 Oct 2020 13:27

Are you referring to the PKPT (Push Key Pin Tumbler) padlocks, originally made by Yale?

If so, yes, a number of us take them apart for servicing.

The lock is picked open, and the brass fitting is partly unscrewed on the side without the shackle.  This is the first step in disassembly. You will need to make a square end tool to turn that brass fitting.

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With that fitting removed, look into the hole.  You will see this spring.  Have pulled it away from the shackle side of the lock.  Then the shackle can be removed from the lock.  A plug follower is not a bad idea when removing the shackle.

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This is the plug part of the shackle.  Pay particular attention to the fourth hole. The fourth hole has a larger diameter key pin which can not be lifted  above the shear line.  This works as a kind of adjustable warding.  The tip of the key will need to be filed down to this level in order to fit the key fully into the lock.

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Pins from the lock.  The driver pins are serrated mushroom pins, and the key pins are serrated.  There is a bit of wear on these pins, which is to be expected considering the age.  The pictures are from my old phone, so you can not see the serrations very well, but all the pins are serrated.

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Re: Push Pin Key Locks

Postby stratmando » 8 Oct 2020 13:40

Hey thanks, that IS the lock. I was thinking of the one with pins you pick like a Tubular Lock, except pins are in a row, not a circle.
The one you show, doesn't turn, it pushes up if I remember right?
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Re: Push Pin Key Locks

Postby GWiens2001 » 8 Oct 2020 17:12

Correct. The plug and the shackle is one piece. The plug IS the heel side of the shackle.. There is a tab on the heel side of the shackle and a point on the toe side of the shackle, both of which prevent the shackle from turning until the plug/shackle is lifted high enough to allow the tab to clear the notch in the padlock body.

This is a picture of the plug/shackle. If you look at the end of the plug/start of the shackle, you can see that tab that fits into a notch in the lock body. The groove you see there is where the flat spring fits to prevent the shackle from being removed unless the bushing is removed and the spring is slid over.

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