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Abloy Question

Hello. Long time lurker layman here - only an intermittant poster.

I have a circa 1990 Abloy deadbolt on my (double) front door. Probably overkill, as a good kick would probably break one or both doors, but I appreciate the beauty of this lock.

Recently I'm having a problem - it's getting harder and harder to successfully lock the lock from the outside (i.e. the key side). It locks as always, but rotating the key backwards to the vertical postion - the only way to remove the key - starts retracting the deadbolt. I have to go back and forth five or ten times before the keyway rotates without initiating deadbolt movement.

Is this a simple matter of disassembly, ultrasonic cleaning, and very light lubrication or could the lock actually be wearing out?

Art

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Arthur Shapiro
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I BELIEVE- dont do that brand, BUT.. BELIEVE there is a recommended lub FOR THAT BRAND.. and nothing else.. do some digging-even go ask At Abloy website..

--Shiva--

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--Shiva--

This is usually an alignment problem, but on an Abloy it might need cleaning and lubrication.

Quick test is to give it a blast with WD40. Have rags at the ready and stop when the overflow runs clear. This is not as good as a complete disassembly and cleaning, but it should not harm anything.

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Roger Shoaf

Roger,

Wouldn't that result in a clean but unlubricated lock? Abloys are fool-resistant but even then I don't know how well they'd do completely dry.

- Brandon

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Brandon Oto

thats why i think there is a 'factory supplied' lub for them.. --Shiva--

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--Shiva--

I ended up squirting in some WD40, and repetitively pushing, pulling, and wiping the key.

Then I took some ProGold - a dry high-end bicycle chain lubricant, and repeated the process. The latter got out a surprising amount of black gunk - a lot more than the WD40.

Now the problem has vanished. I sometimes have to jiggle the key a little in order to get it to start locking (which I don't understand), but then the key turns extremely easily in both directions, and I no longer have the original problem.

Art

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Arthur Shapiro

is this a glass door or a door knob type? the glass door locks-the Adams Right need some lubricating in their mechanism, SEPARATE from the lock part..they get dirty and dry inside.. --Shiva--

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--Shiva--

A stand-alone deadbolt (independent of the existing doorknob lock) for a wooden double door.

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Arthur Shapiro

then......open the door, and try the lock with the door OPEN..if it turns easier, then the hinges are 'sagging' or such, throwing the bolt out of alignment with the hole in the door edge, or the hole is too far in, making it necessary for you to push in (or out) slightly, when the door is closed..

IF it turns hard with the door open, then, assuming there is 2 screws holding the inside thumb turn on, loosen them slightly, and wiggle both the thumb turn side and the outside slightly.. its just a bit out of alignment between the 2 pieces, causing the key side to be hard to turn,. (see this a lot of hollow metal doors, myself-the TK turnsd GREAT but you cannot turn the key) --Shiva--

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--Shiva--

Thanks for the suggestion. I actually had done that before posting; it looks like the installation wasn't the problem. It was put in by the smith who ordered and sold me the Abloy, and who unfortunately disappeared a few years ago. He clearly did a good job on the Abloy.

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Arthur Shapiro

On Schlages the problem is that it needs a spot of grease where the tail piece meets the cylinder.

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Stormin Mormon

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