6 Feb
2002
6 Feb
'02
8:02 a.m.
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote:
Oh yea, can you send me the pinout for that front
keyswitch before I
accidentally kill it trying to drill out the pins? Thanks. (Also any
guidelines for how to drill out the pins would be nice.)
I've had good luck with center punching the top of the brass retaining
pins in these kinds of locks, then drilling halfway through their depth
with a small drill. I then use a small screw extractor to pull the
retaining pin out. Once those pins are out, it is trivial to rekey the
lock if you have a stash of tumbler pins or know a locksmith.
-Toth