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When replacing the lock cylinder on the driver's door, my experience was that the cylinder pins could easily be pulled out of the original cylinder and intersted into the new one. No measuring required. The procedure went something like this: 1) Insert key in old cylinder; remove keepers from the end of the cylinder; withdraw the cylinder from the door. Lay old and new cylinders side-by-side; compare carefully. 2) Gently pull the pins out of oiginal cylinder. Each has an arm on one side, so you can tell which side goes L-R. However, make sure to keep them in sequence front-to-back. 3) Now go back to the original cylinder and look in the tiny round holes under the arm which sticks out from each pin. There is a tiny spring in each hole. Remove them and insert into the corresponding round holes in the new cylinder. These springs are vital to proper functioning of the lock. 4) Return attention to the pins; add a small dab of grease to each to make sure it won't fall out of the new cylinder in handling. Insert each in the cylinder. 5) Insert key in cylinder; all pins should retract fully so the cylinder is smooth across the top, allowing you to re-insert it in the door. (Then re-attach keepers, etc. and test to make sure the lock functions correctly before completely re-assembling the door.) +................................................+ Al Powell, PhD Ph: 409/845-2807 Ag Communications Fax: 409/862-1202 Texas A&M University http://agcomwww.tamu.edu/agcom/satellit/alpage.htm +................................................+
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