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  1. #1
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    Country: Italy

    Default My old Yale 853 padlock

    The story of this lock for me starts when I bought it on a street market in Sri Lanka. Then I picked it open and tried to make a key for it. I had to disassemble it and finally I got a working "key". Here are some pictures of the internals for your curiosity. Enjoy!


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    This is the padlock picked open with homemade wrench and pick.


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    Once the padlock was open it was possible to remove two rivets and disassemble it.
    I drilled a 5 mm hole in a piece of wood to allow the rivet to exit and laid it on the press, then put the padlock with one rivet centered on it.
    I used a broken 2,5 mm drill bit to push out the rivet, a hammer on top of it and another piece of wood to protect the press.
    This is not the most professional way to remove rivets, but I work with what I have.
    I carefully pushed one rivet out and then proceeded with the other one. The padlock was now disassembled :mrgreen:
    When I opened it the lever springs jumped out but fortunately they can't fly away.
    Note: To avoid damaging them is very important to carefully push them toward the center while slowly pushing the core inside the outer shell.


    Here are some pictures of the core viewed from different angles.


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    I've pushed the levers out to see them better.


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    The relative positions, locked and unlocked.


    And then took a soft brush and cleaned it a little.


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    You can barely see the 853 embossed in the core, I think it's the model number, may be 858 also, correct me if I'm wrong.


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    Here is the outer shell viewed from the bottom.


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    The actuator /bolt and shackle opener.


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    The padlock ready to be reassembled and it's "key".


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    Reassembled without the rivets to be sure my key works before driving the rivets back in.


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    I've pushed the rivets almost back in, but left out a couple mm to allow an easy disassemble in case someone want to see something that I haven't showed.


    Cheers :)

  2. #2
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    Country: United States

    Default My old Yale 853 padlock

    Nice job as least it will give some idea of what it look like inside the lock. ....Timothy....

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