Door Lock cylinder help....

germaniac · 03-17-2008, 07:34 PM

I was installing updated door handles on my C2 conversion and the key got inadvertantly removed from the tumbler/lock cylinder. Is there anything I can do? Can a locksmith take care of it...?

As always, thanks a million,

Rob

Cooper911SC · 03-17-2008, 09:17 PM

Hi Rob- You can work on it yourself. Patients will be required...I recently re-keyed some 914 lock cylinders.

I had one matched to a key and three oddballs. I started by carefully taking apart the matching one and studied the tumblers. They were marked with numbers and had slightly different shapes. As I took them out I made notes about which tumblers went into which slots.

Next I moved to the odd balls cylinders. I took them apart and rearranged the tumblers to match into the correct positions so they would all work with the existing key.

To fix your problem...

If you didn't lose any of your tumblers you could try carefully taking apart your other existing lock and study how those tumblers are arranged...then re-assemble the one that got messed up.

If you lost some tumblers you will need a lock smith. They can either get or make replacement tumblers to get your cylinder functioning again.

Good luck, Cooper

germaniac · 03-23-2008, 05:20 PM

Cooper,

I have yet to tackle this one as there are a million projects underway but thanks so much for your help!

Rob

3.2 CAB · 03-24-2008, 04:52 AM

Don't forget, there are those little bitty springs along with the numbered, tumbler wafers. Where did it all come apart? If you can find all of the parts, you can try different combinations of the order in which the wafers are inserted. Or better yet, if you still have a complete lock that has not blown apart, sit down at a desk or where you can work on it. Have the key inserted when you ease out the lock cylinder, then while holding a little pressure on the tops of the wafers, on both sides(it will fit in between your thumb and index finger) the slowly remove the key. If you have a few little containers, such as 35mm film canisters, have each container labeled 1 through 5, if I remember correctly, there are 5 wafers on each side of the cylinder barrel. Then, if you can find your other wafers and springs, you can match them up to the ones that you have just now removed and placed in separately numbered containers. Hopefully I have made myself clear on this, as it is a very easy task to fix things back again. Keep us posted. Good luck!! Tony.

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

Not sure if this applies to you, but one thing I noticed when changing out my door handles recently is (surprise, surprise) there has apparently been a change somewhere along the line to the lock cylinder mechanisms between the parts currently available today and the ones that were produced earlier; my "old" lock cylinders would not fit the "new" door handle assembly, even though they have the same part # (different version # though). Go figure.

germaniac · 04-01-2008, 05:21 PM

3.2,

Luckily nothing is apart...I have the cylinder and the little "pins" are all in place...but I pulled the key out....any I good to go? Is there any way of testing it before putting it all together?

Thx,

Rob

Cooper911SC · 04-01-2008, 07:56 PM

Hi again Rob-

If all of the wafers are still in the cylider...just slide the key back in carefully. If they are all in the right place they will end up coming out flush with the diameter of the cylinder. (They get pulled inwards when the key is inserted). If you put the key in and the wafers are flush, just put the cylinder back into the door handle. You have to line up the cylinder correctly. The 914 ones had a skinny and fat keyed grove to line up if I remember right.

Good luck, Coop