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Replacing door lock barrels
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Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the barrel of a Yale lock and still use the original key. My question relates to our block of flats where the lock on the main entrance door is worn and difficult to open. Replacing the lock with a new one and a new key would require issuing 70 new keys to the residents. Thanks |
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, chudford wrote: Hi Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the barrel of a Yale lock and still use the original key. My question relates to our block of flats where the lock on the main entrance door is worn and difficult to open. Replacing the lock with a new one and a new key would require issuing 70 new keys to the residents. Thanks a good locksmith ought to be able to do this. I've certainly had a barrel rebuilt to an existing key. Mind you that was 30+ years ago and the art may have died out. -- From KT24 Using a RISC OS computer running v5.16 |
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Replacing door lock barrels
charles writes:
In article , chudford wrote: Hi Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the barrel of a Yale lock and still use the original key. My question relates to our block of flats where the lock on the main entrance door is worn and difficult to open. Replacing the lock with a new one and a new key would require issuing 70 new keys to the residents. Thanks a good locksmith ought to be able to do this. I've certainly had a barrel rebuilt to an existing key. Mind you that was 30+ years ago and the art may have died out. A bad non-locksmith (me) can do this. All you need is some brass rod of the appropriate diameter, and a lot of patience in cutting and filing a set of replacement pins to the appropriate lengths. When it's a lock which would be used by 70 people, you would have to be very careful to round the ends of the pins to reduce wear on the lock. When it's just used for one person's door, that doesn't seem to matter so much, not that I've seen. (Actually, main door locks get so much abuse anyway that wear caused by sharp edges on pins may be the least of the problems.) -- Windmill, Use t m i l l J.R.R. Tolkien:- @ O n e t e l . c o m All that is gold does not glister / Not all who wander are lost |
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Replacing door lock barrels
On Dec 7, 3:28*pm, chudford wrote:
Hi Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the barrel of a Yale lock and still use the original key. My question relates to our block of flats where the lock on the main entrance door is worn and difficult to open. Replacing the lock with a new one and a new key would require issuing 70 new keys to the residents. Thanks Just keep spare keys. The outer par tof the lock can be easily replaced. Not economic to do anything else. If you have a problem, you should fit eurolocks in which the barrel can be changed in about two minutes so long as you have a key. Picture of a eurolock barrel/cylinder here. http://www.eurolock.co.uk/ |
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Replacing door lock barrels
On 07/12/2011 15:28, chudford wrote:
Hi Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the barrel of a Yale lock and still use the original key. My question relates to our block of flats where the lock on the main entrance door is worn and difficult to open. Replacing the lock with a new one and a new key would require issuing 70 new keys to the residents. Thanks A local locksmith in Cambridge, changed several Yale barrels for me. We had different locks for front, back and garage doors (a real pain). For an amazingly small amount, and in a short time, he re-barreled two locks, meaning I only need to carry a single key. I suspect if you take a good key he can make up an appropriate barrel Jim |
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Replacing door lock barrels
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, chudford writes Hi Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the barrel of a Yale lock and still use the original key. My question relates to our block of flats where the lock on the main entrance door is worn and difficult to open. Replacing the lock with a new one and a new key would require issuing 70 new keys to the residents. Thanks You often find that the lock and keys have worn in equal amounts so it's best to replace the lot at once (new cylinder & worn key = not working). You should be able to get a decent discount on multiple keys, shop around and haggle. £1.80 each here in quantity if you stick with Yale: http://www.lockshop-warehouse.co.uk/...ders_22.ht ml or http://preview.tinyurl.com/84nvshy -- fred it's a ba-na-na . . . . |
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Replacing door lock barrels
On 07/12/2011 15:28, chudford wrote:
Hi Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the barrel of a Yale lock and still use the original key. My question relates to our block of flats where the lock on the main entrance door is worn and difficult to open. Replacing the lock with a new one and a new key would require issuing 70 new keys to the residents. Any good locksmith can do that for you. Preferably, you have kept one of the original keys that came with the lock to use as a master when cutting spares. If so, give that to the locksmith to make the barrel to. Colin Bignell |
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Replacing door lock barrels
On Dec 7, 3:28*pm, chudford wrote:
Hi Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the barrel of a Yale lock and still use the original key. My question relates to our block of flats where the lock on the main entrance door is worn and difficult to open. Replacing the lock with a new one and a new key would require issuing 70 new keys to the residents. Why don't you get a code lock? You can reprogramme them quite easily; handy for when a resident leaves. |
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