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#1 Door lock barrels
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:15 am
by Yeldaw
Help does anyone have a guide on how to replace the door lock barrels on a series 3. I have taken it apart and can't get it back together again
#2
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:04 pm
by Kes
Im sure you already know this, but don't forget they're not 'handed' ie. one will look upside down. My brother wasted a whole day trying to figure out how to get a lock back together the 'wrong way up' before he discovered this is how they were from new.
#3
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:34 am
by Yeldaw
Thanks, I did the same thing I thought they would be handed. But the real issue was that the barrel was sitting about 1mm too high in the lock and would n't turn properly. I tried the other barrel and it worked straight away. I spent al whole day figuring it out. I can now strip them down in about 10 mins. Practice makes perfect I suppose.
Dave
#4
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:46 pm
by fandeland
Got a set of barrels from Martin Robey. Fitted the LH without any problem but spend one hour trying to fit the RH without luck. Fitted the old one without problems... I now having two set of key to open the car... Are there a RH and LH barrels?
Thanks
#5
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:29 pm
by Yeldaw
Hi I don't believe the barrels are different for the left and right hand. Although I had the same issue as you with mine that the right hand one did n't fit because it was slightly too big to sit in the lock properly so I fitted back the old one without a problem. There is a hole and semi circle indentation on the bottom that needs to line up to make them work.
Not sure if this is much help
Dave