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So one of the things I wish I had a garage for is when I have to repair and create things or a bit of both.
This time it was the drivers side lock for my moped car (do a search, I haven't erased that thread).
When I first got the car I instantly noticed that the lock was a bit dodgy, and that the inside mounting bracket was broken off (the screws still held it togheter).
After taking it apart I saw that the bolt part was broken completely off and that the owner before my granddad had done a rather botched job of repairing it.
he had drilled holes into the two parts and used rivets (I think the name is) to to bolt two pieces of metal onto it, unfortunately they still allowed the lock bolt to flex so the locking mechanism could be wrigled up by just working the door handle back and forth.
At that time I didn't have time to fix it properly and just jury rigged the door handle so it wouldn't budge.
That meant opening the door with just the key with meant that If I wasn't careful I'd twist the key or turn it the wrong way wich usually meant some coaxing to get the broken lock mechanism to not jam.
Now that I got it back from fixing the breaks (working breaks are good form your health
) and the motor I decided to give the lock another try.
So I ripped the rivets off and used pieces of a drivecage cover from a chieftec case to make some L beams and "glued" it togheter with Plastic padding Super steel.
That stuff is a bit softer to file into than the metal in the lock but more stiff under flexing and bending forces (the metal in the lock is that same shite used in cheap metal toys).
Not that my repairs will stop anyone that REALLY wants in(not even the lock in mint condition will do that), but it will stop someone getting in just by working the door handle
Now, that glue stinks, it really stinks so I wish I had a garage
From the left to the right in these pictures:
Inside outer backplate(broken off at the top screw holes), lock bolt upside, inside inner backplate.
Doorhandle with keycylinder, inside main lock housing with inner doorhandle.
metal pieces that used to hold the lock bolt togheter, Inside outer backplate, lock bolt downside, inside inner backplate.
This time it was the drivers side lock for my moped car (do a search, I haven't erased that thread).
When I first got the car I instantly noticed that the lock was a bit dodgy, and that the inside mounting bracket was broken off (the screws still held it togheter).
After taking it apart I saw that the bolt part was broken completely off and that the owner before my granddad had done a rather botched job of repairing it.
he had drilled holes into the two parts and used rivets (I think the name is) to to bolt two pieces of metal onto it, unfortunately they still allowed the lock bolt to flex so the locking mechanism could be wrigled up by just working the door handle back and forth.
At that time I didn't have time to fix it properly and just jury rigged the door handle so it wouldn't budge.
That meant opening the door with just the key with meant that If I wasn't careful I'd twist the key or turn it the wrong way wich usually meant some coaxing to get the broken lock mechanism to not jam.
Now that I got it back from fixing the breaks (working breaks are good form your health
) and the motor I decided to give the lock another try.So I ripped the rivets off and used pieces of a drivecage cover from a chieftec case to make some L beams and "glued" it togheter with Plastic padding Super steel.
That stuff is a bit softer to file into than the metal in the lock but more stiff under flexing and bending forces (the metal in the lock is that same shite used in cheap metal toys).
Not that my repairs will stop anyone that REALLY wants in(not even the lock in mint condition will do that), but it will stop someone getting in just by working the door handle
Now, that glue stinks, it really stinks so I wish I had a garage
From the left to the right in these pictures:
Inside outer backplate(broken off at the top screw holes), lock bolt upside, inside inner backplate.
Doorhandle with keycylinder, inside main lock housing with inner doorhandle.
metal pieces that used to hold the lock bolt togheter, Inside outer backplate, lock bolt downside, inside inner backplate.
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