Broken yale lock - won't 'snap' back in.

Ahleckz

Ahleckz

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My friend somehow managed to break my front door lock on Wednesday.

The lock bit doesn't snap back into the hole, as it should, after you twist the handle thing.

I've cracked it open and determined that a stuck part was one cause of the problem. I've whacked it with a hammer and applied some grease to fix that.

Problem still remains though. I assume it's because the spring isn't under tension. No idea where the spring should sit though. OK, I reckon the spring should sit on the black rectangle (the smaller one) as that slides and thus it'll keep the tension. Though I can't figure out how it should sit. There is a picture of the spring below as I understand some of you aren't trained in CAD and thus may not be able to cipher my wonderful drawing.

Here's a technical schematic of my lock.

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Here's a picture of the spring:
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Have you considered being an architectural drawing technician as a career? However i can't answer you question, sorry!
 
You guys are only saying buy a new one as you know I'll have to go outside!

You'll then come and rob me as I can't close my door!
 
I read the words Technical Schematic and luckily for me the picture didn't load for a good 4 or 5 seconds after, and I was expecting something so amazingly intricate I cannot begin to explain how TECHNICAL this schematic was. Then the picture loaded, and I spat coke over my keyboard... cheers.

Sadly like most others, I've got no answer to your problem!
 
A picture of the lock mechanism would help significantly - there will be small notches that the spring will use to keep it under tension - upload a picture and we might be able to help more.
 
The green thing looks like you, as in hands on head, aghast at your yellow mate who is lyuing on the floor, one hand propping himself up, the other sheilding his face!
 
Of course, I’m unaware of your circumstances, but you should be able to get a locksmith to supply and fit a Yale lock or deadbolt for between £125 and £180, if you’re worried about going out, get someone you know and trust to wait in for the locksmith.
If they’re not rushed off their feet, they’ll probably do it the day you call them.
 
Malevolence said:
You bumped an eight year old thread just to post that crap?
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If that’s very politely aimed my way, then first of all, hands up I DIDN’T check the date of the OP, my bad, (oh please, please, be one of those who hates Americanisms), and second of all, my post followed someone who’d posted 32 minutes before me, so no, I did not bump an eight year old thread, but I was damn close.
 
JLiz10 said:
Not sure what it was like way back when, but I'm fairly sure these days it's cheaper just to get the cylinder replaced. I managed to get mine done all in for under 50 quid from locksmith london. At least, I'm fairly sure that's a pretty good deal!
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Why would you do that? What were you searching to dig up this old thread?
 
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