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wyman.winn
i should be out riding!
false...easy to take the case apart and rekey....find another dealer...it took my dealer (BMW Motorcycles of Long Beach, CA) about 10min to re-key my lock assy...
PM me your email address and i will send you back instructions on how to disassemble and re-assemble your top box...
wyman
Frank -
I stumbled across this past threads/videos...possibly some background to help??
http://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?73870-28L-Top-Case-Disassembly-Help-To-Remove-Lock-Cylinder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCJ677blYzM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TEwD6nEpgk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyqACUI5qJE
Just some thoughts...
I stumbled across this past threads/videos...possibly some background to help??
http://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?73870-28L-Top-Case-Disassembly-Help-To-Remove-Lock-Cylinder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCJ677blYzM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TEwD6nEpgk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyqACUI5qJE
Just some thoughts...
+1
Or, you can do it yourself.
If you have the 'tool' you can have the lock cylinder out with little to no effort.
There are several YouTube videos on the entire process.
Good luck with it.
I've done a lot of rekeying of BMW bags from airheads to water cooled models.
The "Above Video's" are very helpful....BUT.....not all locksets are the same.
Recently I rekey'd a water cooled adventure bag.
The problem was not so much removing the "lock cylinder" from a case,but the actual disassembly of the lockset to remove and adjust the wafers to coincide with the established key.
What's not discussed in the above videos is the "removal of the chrome cap attached to the top of the lockset" that the key passes through as it enters the lockset. This is all one piece.
Behind this "shiny chrome cap" is a small brass rod which retains/keeps the wafers from falling out of their respective positions after the complete lockset is pulled out from the case and then followed with the key being pulled/removed out of the lockset itself.
Next,if not careful, the wafers fall out,followed by of course these tiny little springs having a mind of their own and feel the need to release themselves also! All self explanatory once you see it,it really is simple just a bit intimidating.
On certain locksets...it's the chrome cap "which needs to be removed" for wafer changing/reassignment and can be damaged very easily (upon removal and installation) so,because it is time consuming,this is most likely why the Dealer refuses to do this.
Having just rekey'd a late model adventure water cooled bag this past Monday,
I'm now sorry I didn't photo document this procedure......
This morning,I found this. http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/rekeying-new-bmw-cases-with-pics.201774/
Further into the photos you will see the lockset disassembly of the "brass rod n cap" I mentioned earlier.
The "Above Video's" are very helpful....BUT.....not all locksets are the same.
Recently I rekey'd a water cooled adventure bag.
The problem was not so much removing the "lock cylinder" from a case,but the actual disassembly of the lockset to remove and adjust the wafers to coincide with the established key.
What's not discussed in the above videos is the "removal of the chrome cap attached to the top of the lockset" that the key passes through as it enters the lockset. This is all one piece.
Behind this "shiny chrome cap" is a small brass rod which retains/keeps the wafers from falling out of their respective positions after the complete lockset is pulled out from the case and then followed with the key being pulled/removed out of the lockset itself.
Next,if not careful, the wafers fall out,followed by of course these tiny little springs having a mind of their own and feel the need to release themselves also! All self explanatory once you see it,it really is simple just a bit intimidating.
On certain locksets...it's the chrome cap "which needs to be removed" for wafer changing/reassignment and can be damaged very easily (upon removal and installation) so,because it is time consuming,this is most likely why the Dealer refuses to do this.
Having just rekey'd a late model adventure water cooled bag this past Monday,
I'm now sorry I didn't photo document this procedure......
This morning,I found this. http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/rekeying-new-bmw-cases-with-pics.201774/
Further into the photos you will see the lockset disassembly of the "brass rod n cap" I mentioned earlier.
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deilenberger
A bozo on the bus
Trick to help keep the springs and tumblers from shooting away in the corners - do it in an old shoebox with the parts coming out facing down. A paper towel on the bottom of the shoebox will help prevent bounces.
jdubick
jdubeemer
Where are you located? I hope it's close to Alabama.
I'd be more than happy to help.....I'm 10 minutes from I80 and I57.....'bout 30 minutes south of Chicago.
Can ya be here by 8:30 Monday morning? I'll buy breff'fast !
