Glad to hear that you got it running, fixed the problem and best of all, identified the problem. Nothing worse IMO that tinkering with something, having a problem 'go away' and having no idea what, if anything at all, you did to 'fix' it. That is a sure recipe for the original problem to come back and bite you on the butt.....Thanks again for all the help Brian!
Brian
Nothing worse IMO that tinkering with something, having a problem 'go away' and having no idea what, if anything at all, you did to 'fix' it.
The key is not working again. Same thing. On my way to get gas, a lighter and sledgehammer
Oh yes there is worse- having an annoying intermittent problem which you spend an eternity trying to fix, doing everything you can, thinking you found it, putting it all back together, then it works fine FOR A WHILE and then starts again; rinse and repeat. That is much worse (And I seem to get stuck with such problems all the time on various things (not on this bike, but just things in life, well except for the damn gas cap corrosion).
But I bet he will be OK now. I will it to be so! (That mostly only works when I do it for OTHER people).
The key is not working again. Same thing. On my way to get gas, a lighter and sledgehammer
That piece of brass you showed before looked like one of the 'teeth' (do not know the right term) from inside the key cylinder. Is it possible that they are falling out / breaking off and jamming up the works? What I mean by 'teeth' is the little brass stampings that slide when you insert the key (Easy Boys!) to retract them and allow the cylinder to turn.
Update...... just got a call from the locksmith he said that I had a broken wafer inside the lock? Not sure what that is or how/why it would break but I guess I'll get an explanation when I pick it up....Sounds like he was able to repair it. If so, that’s great news. Glad to hear it! What did it end up costing you?
Update...... just got a call from the locksmith he said that I had a broken wafer inside the lock? Not sure what that is or how/why it would break but I guess I'll get an explanation when I pick it up....
Update...... just got a call from the locksmith he said that I had a broken wafer inside the lock? Not sure what that is or how/why it would break but I guess I'll get an explanation when I pick it up....
That is what I thought the 'brass piece of debris' looked like in your first disassembly. This is good news in that you now know what caused it and can fix it with certainty; this one should not come back to bite you in the butt.
Great news! How would it break? Good question.... I don't have any good ideas on that. I would imagine it might have been slightly sticking and perhaps you applied too much force trying to turn it and it snapped or something? Perhaps a slight bit of hard foriegn matter got in the there and contributed? I would ask the locksmith how that typically happens... As far as I know, that is a first on this forum.
Indeed. It sounds pretty definitive now, except what would could cause the break in the first place. Sometimes we don't get all the answers we want.
That is what I thought the 'brass piece of debris' looked like in your first disassembly. This is good news in that you now know what caused it and can fix it with certainty; this one should not come back to bite you in the butt.Wow.....well I was in the clear until you posted this..... now I'm sure to get the "you're in the clear" Whammy!
Brian
I didn't pay, it wasn't ready. He took it apart again because the key would only come out when it was turned all the way to the right, it was stuck in the switch in the lock position
I let him know he disassembled it a 2nd time for nothing lol. I'll ask him tomorrow when I pick it up what might of caused this to happen and I'm sure his reply will be user error..... I'll update tomorrow....
Ok time to put this story to bed. I picked up my lock today and it works fine. The total bill was $74 which is more than I expected , the labor rate is $92/hr (I didn't know this) and they charged me 3/4 hr labor. This is a lot less than this fiasco could of cost me so overall I'm happy and thanks to everyone on this site who helped.
Unfortunately the guy who fixed my lock wasn't there so I didn't find out the cause of the broken wafer or if it's common
I think you did well to find the initial cause, now enlist someone that may be able to really fix it, in a matter of minutes for you, with the assembly in hand..
Locksmiths are hard to find anymore, I have 2 local ones, that have passed the business' down from grandfather, to son, and now grandson... they can do in 5 minutes what it would take me an hour, and make it work.
best of luck.