1942 - 1947 CHEVROLET SHOP MANUAL

Section 1 Body

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Seventh-Stake the re­tainer securely in place. The retainer is held in place by staking the cylinder metal over both edges of the retainer ends from the outside, using the staking tool (or screwdriver), Fig. 64. Hold the staking tool at right angle to the top of the retainer. Form the Cast metal of the cylinder over the re­tainer with a single
2. Press the cylinder into the filing fixture with the notched side of the key up, and the long tumblers in the slot. Fig. 66.
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Fig. 63-Installing Tumbler Spring Retainer
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Fig. 66-Lock Filing Fixture-Key Notches Up
stroke of a light hammer for each of the four stak­ing positions, Fig. 64.
Hold the filing fixture in the vise and file the tumblers flush with the edge of the fixture. Use a standard 5/8" double cut File for this oper­ation, and finish filing using a flat 5-1/4" No. 2 Needle Equalling File.
4. Remove the cylinder and insert it in the oppo­site side of the fixture with notched side of the key down, Fig. 67. File the tumblers flush with the edge of the fixture.
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NOTE-lf the tumblers have been incorrectly assembled and not ac­cording to the code, the tumblers can be removed -from the cyl­inder by holding it with the tumbler slots down, pulling the bar
Fig. 64-Staking Spring Retainer in Place
out with the fingers
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and jarring the cylin­der to shake the tumblers out. This procedure is necessary because after the tumblers have been pressed down into the cylinder as shown En Fig. 61, they are held in their slots by the bar.
How to Code Five Tumbler Single Bitted Lock
To file the tumblers of an uncoded five wafer tumbler single bitted lock Cylinder, as used in the glove compartment and trunk lid locks, Fig. 65, to fit a certain key number, proceed as follows:
1. Insert key in the uncoded cylinder.
Fig. 67-Lock Filing Fixture-Key Notches Down
5. Using the fixture as a test gauge, remove from vise and if the tumblers are filed correctly, the cylinder will turn in the fixture.
Removing Locks by Drilling
In case of necessity, a side-bar lock may be drilled out to remove, according to the following procedure:
Use screwdriver and pliers to remove the dust cover and brass face cap before drilling. To avoid damaging any parts other than the lock cylinder, and to govern the correct depth to drill, twist a
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FOR SINGLE BITTED RIBBED TUMBLER LOCK
Identified By Offset Key Hole
SINGLE
BITTED
UNCODED
TUMBLER
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Fig. 65-Five Tumbler Lock Parts
Fig. 68-Drilling to Remove Side-Bar Leek

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