Lock Stock and Barrel, or how to convert a Case lock to your ignition Key.
So how did SupeeMoose our Unbreakable Hero cracked this Lock?
Well actually he needed a little help from "de XT Dokter"
First we need to get the lock out of the case, thats a simple 2 screw job.
Then we need to remove te Cylinder, no hassle with a pushpin into a dark hole, or two security allanbolts, no just take of a circlip, and remove the big and sturdy plastic Lockrocker, no bending possible here
It wil give a lockpuller quite a hard job, because of the spring nature of the construction, whereas the BMW locks who are just secured with one of the bronze keyplates, are all to easily removed :-(
(Sorry for this thread pollution just some itching BMW touringcase scarring comming up?)
Another very positive sight is the enormous ball and spring positionholder, that would be the first revision needed in the Yamaha cases imho...
Okay, now we can take out the cylinder
As you can see the two keybeards are quite different, so thats our job for today, get the keyplates to recognise the S10 key
Original Key in its cylinder, all plates nicely flush, and lock turns smoothly
SuperMoose our lowkey hero looking quite out of his depth...
So he called me to the rescue, to get the plates synchronised..
He told me, he had heard you could easily file them flush, but could not handle such a big file.
(what a wimpy SuperHero err...)
But anyone knowing the ErnsTT the old grumpy perfectionist, will see the terror in huis eyes at that thought, because you don't cut original wiring looms or file locks !
So the Dutch approuch is first take everithing apart
(got a box full of demolished Matchbox... :-()
*** Watch out, intricate tooling, with small parts, parental advisory [18+]
How do you take a cilinder apart?
As you can see the keyplates are easily taken out, but there is a
*very* small spring under it !
TADAAA...
Oh oooo, theres a whole lot of them little flea like jumpers, init?
Okay now we are getting somewhere, ride a pen around the Keybeard and match the plates around, for a crude match of things...
WOW !, What the hell are you doing now ErnsTT, drilling a lock isn't your stile
Yes Yes, i know, but have you looked at the yamaha key?
Its way to long for caselocks, and the longer the key the greater the torque on its shaft that can be generated, several people allready teared the beard of the key completely with the standard cases.
And prevention is allways better then repairing, so it looks crude, but wait, its all part of the plan...
Ever wondered why the call those fingerpiercicg little files Keyfiles? Here's your answer :--)
The lock resceptable is way to short, so i had to make room for the complete Keybeard so the broadside of the key would take the load of turning the lock instead of the anorexic beard which can tearof at minimal loads.
TADAA, Room to move !
As you can imagine it needs some good motoric sjillz to accomplish this, so if your not experienced, first try it on a sparelock (they are relatively cheap) because you *can* file away material, but alas you *can't* file onto...
(im willing to provide on hand courses, or revise your locks Ro-Ro in return for a small donation
Full stop entering of the Key of Life...
Important allways use the master key when tooling at locks, allready used key's wear, so if you match your lock on an old key, and loose it, there's a big chance the lock wont budge with the new made key's !
Pre-assembly party, party on Dude
!@#! :'( You Talk to much, get on with it !
Welll here they are the little dwarfs how keep the lock shut when a wrong key is entered, look at the protruding spring catch, it pulls the plate back against the hills and dales of the keybeard.
Whats to measure now, imagine the key in its lok and look where the beard runs in the hole, there you measure it up. remebering the spring pushes the plat e wee bit skewed.
As you can see, with a little stooldance as we call int in dutch, i only needed to grind down just one (nr. four) of the plates, keeping the rest of the plates as long as possible to have maximum lock strenght against
"Scew(driver) you" petty people.
Nice and flush, without rush.
Yes you need quite some patience to make room for the humangous long key...
All finished up nicely, but your documentary maker was a but tired and trembling al all the minute filing, so the picture is subpar, sorry.
Look, how happy our little Hero on Scks is, now he has the control of all those locks to, with his:
"One Key to rule them All"
Hope it answeres all question.
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