[TR] TR4 Lock Question

[Joe Curry]

Even better, if you can get some other cylinders from other locks; you can
remove the pins from the other cylinders and using a trial and error
approach, insert the pins in the cylinder so that you achieve the proper
match for the key.

Ideally, when you insert the key, all the pins will be flush with the
cylinder's body.  If you file the pins down to make the key work, you will
make it easier for someone to pick the lock because you are effectively
removing that filed pin from the mechanism.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Darrell Walker
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 3:27 PM
To: James Henningsen
Cc: list Triumph
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4 Lock Question


Hi Jim,

One thing you can do it to remove the cylinder, insert the key you want to
use with the lock, and then file down the pins so that the key will work in
that lock.  That also makes it such that other keys besides the new key and
the original key would operate the lock, but since most folks won't even
have keys that fit, I don't think it is opening up too big of a security
risk.

-Darrell