This shouldn't happen.. Need new key or switch??

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I'm not going to bore you with the how part but I seem to have lost the only key I had to the 850. Has anyone been able to take their ignition switch to a locksmith & have them make a Ke or am I looking at buying a new switch with new keys???
 
I didn't have a key for the steering lock. Took the top yoke into a locksmith and got 2 keys cut for $32 NZ. Shouldn't be a problem for ignition keys .
 
komet said:
I didn't have a key for the steering lock. Took the top yoke into a locksmith and got 2 keys cut for $32 NZ. Shouldn't be a problem for ignition keys .
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Ditto.

I have a two position switch with 3 poles. Hot wire to one pole and two going out. Everything is somewhat exposed and accessible. I have often thought of just putting in a toggle switch some place discrete
 
The local locksmith told me that he could make me a key for 25 bucks if I brought him the ignition. Check around, somebody will be able to do it.

Russ
 
Some of the models of ignition switches had a removeable key barrel, small brass barrel lock pin need to be pushed in/depressed with a small screw driver or pin punch, remove the old barrel, and order and replace barrel with new key(s). When pushed back in , small brass pin re engages.
I had this happen when a key broke off in the barrel.
Regards Mike
 
Thanks guys. At least I feel like I can have a new key made next week. Kind of a bummer cuz I wanted to ride to work tomorrow & then to a great old Brit bike shop in San Pedro, ca for the owner Cindy's anual fathers day party that useualt attracs a few hundred bikes. The place called Centery cycles is one of the oldest on going shops around, her dad collected Vincents & as a kid I used to ride there just to see them. Cindy is a trip & so is the shop. She dated Von Dutch in her teens /20's. Oh well, guess Ill be driving again!
 
Brooking 850 said:
Some of the models of ignition switches had a removeable key barrel, small brass barrel lock pin need to be pushed in/depressed with a small screw driver or pin punch, remove the old barrel

I had this happen when a key broke off in the barrel.
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[Edit = Wrong info for 149SA switch]Yes, but, the key (or at least the part broken off inside) must be in the lock in order for the barrel to be removed from the switch. If there's no key, then the barrel cannot be removed.
 
L.A.B. said:
Yes, but, the key (or at least the part broken off inside) must be in the lock in order for the barrel to be removed from the switch. If there's no key, then the barrel cannot be removed.
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By pushing in the small brass barrel lock pin the barrel can be removed with or without the key.
 
nortonspeed said:
L.A.B. said:
Yes, but, the key (or at least the part broken off inside) must be in the lock in order for the barrel to be removed from the switch. If there's no key, then the barrel cannot be removed.
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By pushing in the small brass barrel lock pin the barrel can be removed with or without the key.
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Yes, you are right, the lock barrel can be withdrawn from the 149SA switch without the key-sorry for the misinfo.

I was thinking of the Lucas S45 two position switch (below) where the switch has to be turned to the ON position before the release pin lines up with the hole.
This shouldn't happen.. Need new key or switch??
 
If you want to ride the bike today, why not jumper the terminals on the back side of the switch?
 
gnolan said:
If you want to ride the bike today, why not jumper the terminals on the back side of the switch?
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+1

It is so easy. I carry an old ignition switch back terminal board with all the terminals soldered together just in case but you could do the same thing with paper clips and duct tape in a pinch.

Look at the lock # and you can send for an "original" Union key here. http://britishcarkeys.com/
 
A lock smith will insert a blank and turn it firm against the pins. He then then look for a marks left from pin to the soft brass, He will file a little and repeat this process till he can get it to turn. These keys seem to end up being a little sticky. Once the cylinder is turned it can be removed and a proper master is then cut.

I do not want to say the anyone could do this but with a set of needle files and a litte patience anybody could try with fair success. Its not rocket science, just a little black art.
 
I got my bike without a key. I took the switch to Morries Place in Ringwood Illinois and Ed the owner had me fixed up in about 5 minutes.
New cylinder with a key.
Thanks Ed.

MikeM
 
I will get a key made Monday. Still can't figure out how I lost the old one. I have a bowl that I ALLWAYS put my keys in but somehow it dissapeared in the 40 feet between my garage & the bowl! Funny thing I had been trying to get a spare made & was at the store twice but forgot to do it twice last week!! Just a tad ironic. Or would that be moronic.
 
gtsun said:
I will get a key made Monday. Still can't figure out how I lost the old one. I have a bowl that I ALLWAYS put my keys in but somehow it dissapeared in the 40 feet between my garage & the bowl! Funny thing I had been trying to get a spare made & was at the store twice but forgot to do it twice last week!! Just a tad ironic. Or would that be moronic.
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You find it as soon as you get back from the lockshop.
 
I never take my key out of the ignition. I might as well have the toggle switch!

The key will turn up...after you have finally gotten one made.
 
Usually I leave my keys in it too. But I'm more worried about someone taking the keys rather than the bike. Or worse, locking my forks, then taking the keys.

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