Ok, the barrel of my patio door lock decided to explode on the back door in a shower of small pins and springs.
Being the keen DIY'er that I am, I though, 'how difficult can it be' ?
AAgghh
Right, for anyone in the know it's a "Adams Rite" lock, and looks to me to be a '4036 screw in cylinder'
Markings on the lock mechanism are on one side
3 80 1 1/8 and the other
4 80 1 1/8
so a few questions
1) Does anyone have an old (70's 80's from the look of things) aluminuim patio door with a couple of these on ?
2) Or a source of cheap spares
3) Or exactly how the lock barrel actuates the lock mechanism, I can't for the life of me see how it does it, as the barrel end doesn't engage the slot in the lock actuator, and there's no pins etc that I can see to move it ?
4) A possible complete replacement
5) Or if there's a decent locksmith in the North Hampshire area ;-)
I've got secondary locks on the door, but they're not all that, so i've got a bit of grace period, but not much. Any advice appreciated.
Cheers,
Paul.