Best investment so far

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

IIRC, if you don't keep the key in the cylinder when you remove it, the 
tumblers can fall out of place rendering your lock no-workee. If that 
indeed happened, you'll have to pull out the other cylinder and copy the 
tumbler layout...

HTH, JT

Mike Smith wrote:

>Speaking of those little devils.... my passenger side lock cylinder
>does not like to turn.  I took it out and the little rubber seal was
>toast and it had some dirt in there.  I cleaned it out as best as I
>could and now it doesn't turn at all.
>
>What should I use to improve this situation?
>
>On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:00:17 -0500, Roger concha <rogercv1@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>yes you reuse the lock cylinders, 1 screw and a tension spring
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>>On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:59:18 -0800 (PST), Lars Bruchmann
>><pilotlars@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>do we use our own keycylinders??  i've seen those too,
>>>wondered what was with them...
>>>--- Roger concha <rogercv1@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>I was getting tired of the old door handles in my
>>>>car, so about 2
>>>>months ago I relented and bought on ebay a set of
>>>>chinese door handles
>>>>paid $20 for them and got them in about 7 days from
>>>>Hong Kong. Got
>>>>them and put them aside saying I would get to them
>>>>eventually, well
>>>>after a couple of really cold days here in Maryland
>>>>and my drivers
>>>>side handle getting stuck in the open position I
>>>>finally installed
>>>>them today took about 20min total. I love them no
>>>>more squeezing to
>>>>open just a light pull on the handle and the door
>>>>opens easily also
>>>>the lock seems to turn easier.
>>>>
>>>>that is my tale for this month.
>>>>
>>>>Roger
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