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The Zeni locks are relatively simple to work on. I made a sleeve to enable the barrel to be withdrawn relatively painlessly leaving the sleeve in place to retain the pins and springs in the outer unit. It requires the correct key or a set of picks and a bit of experience. I'm not the best person to help with the latter...

I'm not sure how advisable it is to post details of the locks on a readily accessible forum so I suggest if any members need help they get in touch with me directly.

I wish I had made a sleeve up when removing the barrel, mistake number one, mistake number two was removing the key. I have an engineer friend who assures me he can sort all this out and is half way there on one lock. The problem is I have two other, possibly three locks which need sorting and a small number of original blanks which I am simply not prepared to give to any locksmith who thinks they can do it.

If you still have all the parts I can lend you the sleeve. You will need to sort the brass pins to find the correct ones to fit in the detents on the key and end up flush with the barrel. You should then be left with the same number of pins to fit in the lock outer. The length of each pair should be the same, so remove pins from the barrel and arrange left to right on the bench. Find the complimentary lengths to make pairs that have the same total length.

Next is the really tricky bit. First a spring and then the outer pin needs to be placed in the end hole of the lock outer and pushed in while the sleeve is pushed over to retain. Continue until all are in place. Fit pins to the barrel and hold in place while fitting onto the sleeve. Slide sleeve through the outer until the barrel is in place. Rotate and remove key.

However, I do know something about crime reduction and I am concerned about the level of theft in the city and want to help prevent people becoming victim’s of crime.

I hope that my presence on this forum will be of benefit to you. I won’t always be able to provide the result you desire, and I won’t always be able to tell you everything the police is doing (some of it is a bit secret squirrel). But I wil do my best to assist and advise you.

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