Thread: Changing the ignition barrel

Originally Posted by twr7cx

Remove the plastic steering colum (what holds this in place?

Pretty sure this is just a couple of screws on the underside and it comes off very easy. Removed it when removing the dash/instrument moulding.

Regards
Andrew

Tilt column down to lowest, use a very sharp small thin cold chisel OR pin punch to drift the shearbolt 'cone' undone. They aren't all that tight, and as soon as one is loose the other will be.

Refit using socket head cap screws, (allen head bolts) the thread is M8 IIRC

JC

There is a great tutorial about the process in projects and tutorials

use a D1 barrel and get it keyed to your current key.

way cheaper, and get a OEM barrel as the cheapies are not of the same quality and tolerances to ensure your old keys will function.

ask me how i know that!

here tis

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...placement.html

No real problems to remove the barrel using the notes above.
I recently had problems with my D2a lock jamming, I spoke to a locksmith, he could repair the lock but couldn't do it then and I couldn't wait.
Why not do it myself, actually with care it isn't difficult.
The only real issue is removing the locking pin that holds the barrel in place. The pin is hard steel held in place by crimping the aluminium around the pin. The only way I found to remove it was digging it out using an engraving bit in a Dremel. The lock then easily slides apart, the individual wafers can be freed using needle nose pliers. I actually left one out that I wasn't happy with.
I made a new pin from a 8mm bolt taping the body to 8mm and lathing the end to match the original pin. This was then held in with loctite.
With care, a clean table, some time, the job isn't that difficult. The lock has never felt better.
My problem was with the wafers jamming, some were very hard to remove, if some were worn I would have just left them out.

Thanks, I have removed the old one now and the new barrell is at the lock smith.

Will the D1 barrel still have the red illumination ring too?

Yep all goes back together same as the old.

All done. The guy at the locksmith reckons next time not to buy a replacement. He reckons he can just fix the old one for the same price as it costs to have a new one redone to suit the old key.