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Jul 23, 2003 | 07:01 PM

dustof45

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How do u get the door lock cylinder out of a 45 ford 1/2 ton pickup? ive tried about everything and it doesnt seem to budge.

Jul 23, 2003 | 09:22 PM

41Clay

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Suposivly there's a screw that you can reach from the side and the thing will come out. I've never gotten mine out though.

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Jul 23, 2003 | 09:37 PM

dustof45

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yeah i see there is something thereon the side, but i cant recognize what kind of screw head it has on it.. what did u do since you couldnt get yours out?

Jul 24, 2003 | 09:40 AM

46fordtruck

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I'm not sure what kind of set screw is used either, but I know no screwdriver, or allen wrench would gat a hold of it well enough. I ended up using an easy out to just get it out. I haven't yet reinstalled a new lock cylinder, so I'm not sure how to get it securded back in the door again.

Jul 24, 2003 | 09:59 PM

dustof45

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an easy out?

Jul 25, 2003 | 09:53 AM

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Yeah, those things you use when you break the head of a bolt, drill a hole in the broken stud, and then use a special bit to extract the broken bolt. Any hardward store has them, and most auto parts stores carry them.

Jul 25, 2003 | 11:43 AM

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ok. thanks.. ill check that out

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Jan 26, 2005 | 08:32 AM

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From: Frizzen North

There is an Allen head screw, about 1/8 inch socket, that is accessed from the edge of the right door through a small hole in the edge as you open it. This screw bears on a recess in the lock assembly and keeps it in the door and against the panel where the stainless flange of the lock meets the outside skin. Back this off, it may require some heat to free-up the screw, and then back it out. If the socket is stripped then use an easy-out. If you clear the lock assembly, or at least take the tension off of it, it should slide out of the door. Getting the assembly back into the door is a little tricky when aligning the square connector rod back into the square opening of the mechanism that opens the latch. Bob Drake has replacement lock assembly with keys if the old one is in bad repair or you don't have the original key. Instructions for reinstallation come with the new BD assembly and show a cute trick to line-up the square connector with the square hole in the door opening mechanism.

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