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 Post subject: Damaged Door Lock
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 9:20 pm 
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I am not sure they best way around the following predicament and hoping someone can give me a hand.

On my old EB2, the door lock/key barrell has slowly been getting more sloppy for years but now it's at a point where when I turn it anti-clockwise to unlock it's just not "clicking" and unlocking. I have to unlock it from the passenger side.

Can you get new/reco locks modified/cut to suit your key? Pretty amatuer question I know but I've never had to deal with it before....

 

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 Post subject: Re: Damaged Door Lock
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:33 pm 
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I'm pretty sure you can get secondhand locks re-keyed to suit your key. Best to talk to a lock smith.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Damaged Door Lock
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 1:30 am 
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I've got the same problem let us know how you went about fixing it.
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 Post subject: Re: Damaged Door Lock
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:19 pm 
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I believe you can do such but as a possible temporary solution you could always flip the barrels around, atleast saves unlocking from passenger side.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Damaged Door Lock
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:16 pm 
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i thought i was the only one that looked funny unlocking my car from the passengers side :oops: mine are so far gorn i think im gonna have to use a remote key forever..

 

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 Post subject: Re: Damaged Door Lock
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:25 pm 
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my drivers side doorlock is beginning to s**t itself aswell. i have to put the key in and pull the key itself up then turn it, but now its barely working for me about 1 in 20 attempts work. im thinking of pulling the lock out this weekend and having a look. but the suggestion before about swapping the locks over seems like a great idea

im interested in seeing about a locksmith refitting keys.
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