Anyone know where I can get a replacement Yale type P119 sash bolt key
like the one in the photo below?

I could go and buy another packet of six sash bolts that are supplied
with a single key, but the key is made of soft metal and breaks
easily[0], and I still have six spare sash bolt sets from the last time
I did that.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h222/bofphoto/yalekey000288.jpg

Or even better something like a socket, made of decent steel, I can put
on the end of a driver handle? The square head on the pin is approx.
3.5mm across the flats and the outer dia. of the key is about 6.5mm.

MTIA

[0] this is the third key that's broken.

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Anyone know where I can get a replacement Yale type P119 sash bolt key
like the one in the photo below?

I could go and buy another packet of six sash bolts that are supplied
with a single key, but the key is made of soft metal and breaks
easily[0], and I still have six spare sash bolt sets from the last time
I did that.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h222/bofphoto/yalekey000288.jpg

Or even better something like a socket, made of decent steel, I can put
on the end of a driver handle? The square head on the pin is approx.
3.5mm across the flats and the outer dia. of the key is about 6.5mm.

MTIA

[0] this is the third key that's broken.

As it's the third time, how about a complaint to Yale:
http://www.yalelock.co.uk/en/yale/couk/Contact-us/
, you might just get a couple in the post.

A letter with a copy of that pic might get better attention than an
email but who knows.

FYI, I've seen a window equipped with pin style locks that had been
attacked and the wood of the stile had just splintered away, let the
window open. The wood was just too narrow.

Seeing that, I'm using these instead:
http://www.londontools.co.uk/product...roductid=17168
They're a visible deterrent and when attacked they tend to jam the
window rather than splintering out.
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Anyone know where I can get a replacement Yale type P119 sash bolt key
like the one in the photo below?

I could go and buy another packet of six sash bolts that are supplied
with a single key, but the key is made of soft metal and breaks
easily[0], and I still have six spare sash bolt sets from the last time
I did that.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h222/bofphoto/yalekey000288.jpg

Or even better something like a socket, made of decent steel, I can put
on the end of a driver handle? The square head on the pin is approx.
3.5mm across the flats and the outer dia. of the key is about 6.5mm.

That's about the size of a No. 5 clock key.

Clock keys are readily obtainable (e.g. on ebay) in spider sets --
usually one set covers the odd numbers and another the even numbers.
Once you establish the size that fits, buy a single key of that size.

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That's about the size of a No. 5 clock key.

Thanks, I'll take a look for clock keys, and probably contact Yale as
suggested too.

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I contacted Yale through their customer services web portal explaining
three had broken and asking how to obtain replacement keys, and received
replacements through the post, FOC, a couple of days later.

Nice one Yale, and thanks fred.

Excellent result :-)
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fred
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