How To Fit A Door Lock Barrel

Replacing the lock or handle on a garage door can be accomplished with the appropriate tools.

How to fit a door lock barrel.

Today i change the barrel of a caraloc caravan door lock. On the frame of your polymer framed pistol there s a part called the locking block. Would of done it years ago if i h. Our key had become more difficult to turn jiggling required.

The bottom lug of the barrel cams up onto that block and holds it firmly between the frame and slide. With a barrel lock it s the cylinder that allows the locking and unlocking of a door. Each lock comes with a sheet of a4 with a cross section diagram of the door and the exact measurements for fitting. With the barrel in the slide but without the recoil spring assembly in place attempt to install the slide onto the frame.

Each lock casing and barrel differs slightly in size to fit the different doors of the van 2 front sliding side and double rear doors. Five minute job if all goes well. How to change the barrel of a yale lock or other night latches. The one presented here is a.

That s your next fit. Replace a garage door lock or handle with help from a garage do. Just one screw to unscrew. This project will show you how to fix or fit a lock by changing the barrel of a night latch which is commonly called a yale lock.

The locks are pretty straight forward to fit. There are several types of cylinder locks. Changing locks how to change a night latch yale lock or barrel lock. Today i change the barrel of a caraloc caravan door lock.

Then insert the key into the lock and turn it about 10 degrees to line up the inner latch of the lock with the body of the lock.