Removing early door lock tumblers

For Pre A discussions and questions
Post Reply
Message
Author
Tony Proasi
Classifieds Moderator
Posts: 326
Joined: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:40 pm
Location: Louisville KY
Contact:

Removing early door lock tumblers

#1 Post by Tony Proasi »

I need to get the lock tumblers apart to get chromed. I have the early drift pin handles I assume I have to drill out the pin. But before I did this curious if anyone has any tips.
Attachments
350E062F-DF6E-4110-9F7A-E783082E9656.jpeg
350E062F-DF6E-4110-9F7A-E783082E9656.jpeg (2.18 MiB) Viewed 1912 times
59435F3A-4C12-4F87-99E5-B3B0EE63610B.jpeg
59435F3A-4C12-4F87-99E5-B3B0EE63610B.jpeg (2.73 MiB) Viewed 1912 times

User avatar
Spencer Harris
356 Fan
Posts: 1149
Joined: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:39 pm
Location: San Joaquin Valley, California

Re: Removing early door lock tumblers

#2 Post by Spencer Harris »

Tony Proasi wrote: Sat Feb 29, 2020 3:35 pm I need to get the lock tumblers apart to get chromed. I have the early drift pin handles I assume I have to drill out the pin. But before I did this curious if anyone has any tips.
Tip #1 - send them to Rick Albro in Ridgecrest, CA.
I took one of my spare cylinders apart a few years ago and still haven't found the spring that shot out of it.
Rick will take your cylinders apart; evaluate and give you a rundown on what needs fixed or repaired; have everything chrome plated at Christensen's; make new keys for you and put them back together looking like museum pieces.

Tip #2 - see tip #1 :!:
IMG_7918 (Large).JPG
IMG_7918 (Large).JPG (226.69 KiB) Viewed 1896 times
5462.jpg
5462.jpg (229.64 KiB) Viewed 1896 times
5468.jpg
5468.jpg (170.91 KiB) Viewed 1896 times
5533.jpg
5533.jpg (227.11 KiB) Viewed 1896 times
DSC_0162 (Large).JPG
DSC_0162 (Large).JPG (160.62 KiB) Viewed 1896 times
DSC_0431 (Large).JPG
DSC_0431 (Large).JPG (180.95 KiB) Viewed 1895 times
Spencer Harris
San Joaquin Valley, CA.

Tony Proasi
Classifieds Moderator
Posts: 326
Joined: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:40 pm
Location: Louisville KY
Contact:

Re: Removing early door lock tumblers

#3 Post by Tony Proasi »

Thanks Spencer I will reach out the Rick and see what his turn around is.

User avatar
Spencer Harris
356 Fan
Posts: 1149
Joined: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:39 pm
Location: San Joaquin Valley, California

Re: Removing early door lock tumblers

#4 Post by Spencer Harris »

Your handles were matched and original to your '51 doors. Rick will make them like new and what ever time it takes will be well worth it!
DSC_0036 (Large).JPG
DSC_0036 (Large).JPG (182.45 KiB) Viewed 1878 times
Spencer Harris
San Joaquin Valley, CA.

Ned Gorski
356 Fan
Posts: 1064
Joined: Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:40 pm

Re: Removing early door lock tumblers

#5 Post by Ned Gorski »

Throw the tumbler in an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner ( $15 on ebay. Don't drill the screw out use a very mall eyeglass screwdriver to remove the screw, assuming that is a screw type and not a pin type . That one looks like a screw type the pin ones have a smaller hole if it is a pin you may need to drill a small hole to the left or right of it and get a pick and slowly try walking it out .i don't think the pinned ones were ever intended to be taken apart , you have a 50/ 50 shot of drilling the hole on the correct side of the pin to try and move the pin out. Drill slow and feel for a change in material the pin is hard the casting is soft if you hit hit a hollow void before you hit something hard you are on the wrong side of the pin, drill the other side .. that is assuming it is a pinned lock and not a screwed lock fyi the pins don't go in straight in the pin run in in a diagonal line intersecting between 5 and 8 o'clock.. 11and 3 all depend how you look at it .. pins ones are rare i've only come across 4 or five and i have restored probably 40 to 50 handles over the years. ( pinned one's suck )

Regards Ned
Last edited by Ned Gorski on Mon Mar 02, 2020 4:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Tony Proasi
Classifieds Moderator
Posts: 326
Joined: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:40 pm
Location: Louisville KY
Contact:

Re: Removing early door lock tumblers

#6 Post by Tony Proasi »

Ned

Thanks for the tips. I got the pins out with you and Ricks help.

Spencer
Rick does great work I just wanted to get everything to the chrome shop before the end of the week. Hoping the car will be in primer by the end of the month.

A picture of the pins for future reference.
Attachments
08E87C5E-8D79-46A9-9EC9-C5F20592066F.jpeg
08E87C5E-8D79-46A9-9EC9-C5F20592066F.jpeg (3.83 MiB) Viewed 1783 times

User avatar
Spencer Harris
356 Fan
Posts: 1149
Joined: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:39 pm
Location: San Joaquin Valley, California

Re: Removing early door lock tumblers

#7 Post by Spencer Harris »

You, Rick and Ned have steadier hands & sharper eyes than mine. I'll stick to drilling oil wells where you can really bang some iron around and not hurt it :D
Spencer Harris
San Joaquin Valley, CA.

User avatar
Rick Albro
356 Fan
Posts: 330
Joined: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:57 am

Re: Removing early door lock tumblers

#8 Post by Rick Albro »

I think the thread viewtopic.php?f=13&t=35945 contains a description of the disassembly process. Perhaps the dialog should be updated with a condensed version of the email string between tony and others...
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=47038
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36688&start=0
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=42407
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=41024
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=41001
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=40927
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=36609
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38732
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=35945
Last edited by Rick Albro on Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Vincent Gillespie
356 Fan
Posts: 439
Joined: Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:33 am
Location: United Kingdom

Re: Removing early door lock tumblers

#9 Post by Vincent Gillespie »

WOW, Fair play to ya for going this far on the chroming & now at least If anyone ever asks why I didn't take mine apart to have the barrel chromed, just so the bit here the key goes in looks pristine, I can show them this!!

V
V. Gillespie

User avatar
Rick Albro
356 Fan
Posts: 330
Joined: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:57 am

Re: Removing early door lock tumblers

#10 Post by Rick Albro »

some one once told me that this is the meeting of Pandora and Murphy... Murphy had no idea how many boxes were involved! Pandora... how could anything go wrong? :>)

Post Reply