Thanks for the video. I can confirm that this works 100% and does not damage to the door (although I'm guessing that the door could be damaged if pure brute force and stupidity is used). And it was as "easy" as you made it look. We just moved into our "forever" home and the front sliding door never had a key and has been unlocked for 10 years so this was needed. Total time taken was no more than 5 minutes
It's less difficult to break if you first weaken the part where it breaks. I used a 6mm drill to widen the M5 hole. The head of the long M5 screw is 9mm wide, so still holds in a 6mm hole or even bigger.
Line up the two snapped pieces and measure them. Or take them to a local locksmith and have them provide the new part. Be sure to purchase an antisnap model upon replacement.
You can also break the cylinder with the bolt in place, however if you make a detailed video of how to do this with the door closed, it can be flagged by youtube and the video can be removed as it basically shows you how to break into a home. Pry the handle plate away from your door. Grip the cylinder and break in the same fashion.
Great video, but what about if I have the key but can’t remove the barrel. That’s not any bolt to hold the barrel but I still cannot pull the barrel out no matter how I turned the key. My door is exactly the same. Thank you!!!
There is a specific tools for breaking these locks, but locking grip pliers work. You can also snap the lock with blunt force, by striking downwards on the protruding end.
Of course assuming you don't have a newer lock with a composite alloy steel reinforced barrel since people get those to avoid someone breaking the barrel for a break-in.
Name a composite allow steel that that with stand this force through that cross-area. The antisnap technology uses a sacrificial slot, not a harder material.
Yeh probably, but when its out you can pull it closer to you to get more purchase on it. The newer locks have very shallow profiles to stop lock snapping attempts. Of course, we must remember that if you show a full tutorial on the door-closed lock snap method, then RU-vid will flag the video.
If it's not anti snap it should be outlawed. Holding screw stripped so snapped old lock out by jigging side to side so easy snapped like butter & so quite...
This is okay if the handle set is already removed. Any good/reputable installer/fabricator would install the handle screws inside the property. A Stilson wrench is much more appropriate for the job of snapping the barrel and should be applied flush with the door, making the snap action a rotation.
Right. RU-vid regularly flags videos in which the process of breaking the lock whilst the door is closed and handle set however - so in this case we have to show the process as "you have purchased a new door", and obviously have access to both sides of the handle. I won't be showing the full method on a closed door for obvious reasons.
If you show a video of the cylinder snap with the door locked and in the closed position with an intact jamb and frame then the video will be flagged (for obvious reasons). I've had one removed already, so this is the best I can do!
Good point. Interesting. I may test this theory. The eurolocks typically fail by brittle fracture, and i've never seen the upper portion of the threaded diameter plastically deform by the snapping method. It would be interesting to see how the thread being filled affected the critical force of these locks. I've snapped loads over the years, I usually remove the screw but sometimes it's stripped so I snap with it in. They snap at about 100 Nm around the hole I reckon. Crap design.
