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Alright Alright Alright
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Midland, Texas
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Key lock cylinder is spinning
I got in my truck today and went to turn it on. The key turned and nothing happened (although a little tougher than usual). I noticed that the whole assembly was turning. I had to hold the back of the assembly to turn the key. I tried to turn the outter chrome ring and it would spin in both directions with out tightening or loosening. What do yall think is going on here?
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The Older Generation
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Location: Montezuma, Iowa
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Re: Key lock cylinder is spinning
The chrome bezel may be unscrewed from the switch or the threads may be stripped. The threads are very fine and it can be hard to get the bezel screwed on. Try pushing forward on the switch while screwing the bezel on. Be careful not to cross thread it.
If you don't have any luck with that you may have to remove the switch so you can check it out. Here are the instructions for removing the ignition cylinder so you can remove the switch. Put your key into the ignition and turn to the accessory position.(67's and some 68's don't have an accessory position so just start in the off position) Straighten out one end of a big paper clip, insert it into the hole in the face of the lock and gently push in on it. Turn the key farther to the left and the lock cylinder pops right out. You should be able to take it apart after that. After you push the spring loaded pin in with the stiff wire and turn the cylinder further to the left you have to pull the wire out to finish turning it or it will bind. You can also turn it too far after you pull the wire out. That is when you have to wiggle the cylinder back and forth a little bit. If you wiggle it too much the pin will pop back out and you will have to start over. You should not have to put excessive turning pressure on it or push down hard on the spring loaded pin. Gentle and patience are the key words here... LockDoc
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![]() Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 4,339
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Re: Key lock cylinder is spinning
![]() Pull it and take a look. You can start it with a screwdriver while you replace/examine the parts... |
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