1st generation legacy spinning door lock

[rweddy]

I know is common problem with 1st generations roos.

My question is where is the best place (cheapest) to get a replacement lock cylinder?

I was going to grab a junkyard one but would rather just do this once since I am doing this for my brother.

 

 

 

Thanks

[four-fleet-feet]

Had to fix a mangled lock earlier this year. To save you some time, here's my hindsight on the problem.

 

FIRST, call your assorted Subaru dealers for their recommendations on locksmiths. Find out who they use! Most dealers will tell you. Call more than one dealer. If the same locksmith is doing everyone's cars, that's your shop.

 

SECOND, call that locksmith and see what they would charge to slap in a new tumbler for you. You may need to take the car in so they can have a look at it. Price too high? See what the charge would be to rekey a lock.

 

THIRD, if you're going to rekey, get thee to junkyards aplenty to see if there's a donor car. That's the hardest part: you will waste lots of gas. Find one? Get it out. Be prepared to work and wiggle things for a while on a car that old. Pack a can of WD-40 or other spray lube.

 

FOURTH, back to the locksmith. If you don't have your Subaru master key or a submaster, make sure you have your key code. Don't have that? Take your best key and definitely make sure your registration and driver's license match (or, in this case, get the car's owner to go with you). A good locksmith won't start until you can prove it's your car. Once they're done, all you have to do is get the new tumbler back into the car. The reinstall won't be included in the rekey. Don't feel like messing with it twice after the j/y? That's why the locksmith costs so much more for a full-service replacement.

 

Cost in WA for full-service replacement at the locksmith was nearly $200, half of that a factory/dealer new tumbler. Having it done at the dealer cost even more. Just so you know to sit down before you hear the quotes.

 

I'll admit that providing my passenger door with a new junkyard lock cost little in parts dollars - $10 for the tumbler, and $25 for rekeying it to match my other locks, including 2 master keys, but the cost of the gas/hassle was much more. I think we had to visit 10 junkyards to get a match for the handle around the tumbler, since it was cracked. So, if anything other is broken, get whatever parts you can at the same time. The little metal clips holding the assembly into the inside of the door panel are most important.

 

A plastic or rubber putty knife comes in very handy to peel away old door handles from old Subie doors, by the way. Don't use a metal one.

[rweddy]

Had to fix a mangled lock earlier this year. To save you some time, here's my hindsight on the problem.

 

FIRST, call your assorted Subaru dealers for their recommendations on locksmiths. Find out who they use! Most dealers will tell you. Call more than one dealer. If the same locksmith is doing everyone's cars, that's your shop.

 

SECOND, call that locksmith and see what they would charge to slap in a new tumbler for you. You may need to take the car in so they can have a look at it. Price too high? See what the charge would be to rekey a lock.

 

THIRD, if you're going to rekey, get thee to junkyards aplenty to see if there's a donor car. That's the hardest part: you will waste lots of gas. Find one? Get it out. Be prepared to work and wiggle things for a while on a car that old. Pack a can of WD-40 or other spray lube.

 

FOURTH, back to the locksmith. If you don't have your Subaru master key or a submaster, make sure you have your key code. Don't have that? Take your best key and definitely make sure your registration and driver's license match (or, in this case, get the car's owner to go with you). A good locksmith won't start until you can prove it's your car. Once they're done, all you have to do is get the new tumbler back into the car. The reinstall won't be included in the rekey. Don't feel like messing with it twice after the j/y? That's why the locksmith costs so much more for a full-service replacement.

 

Cost in WA for full-service replacement at the locksmith was nearly $200, half of that a factory/dealer new tumbler. Having it done at the dealer cost even more. Just so you know to sit down before you hear the quotes.

 

I'll admit that providing my passenger door with a new junkyard lock cost little in parts dollars - $10 for the tumbler, and $25 for rekeying it to match my other locks, including 2 master keys, but the cost of the gas/hassle was much more. I think we had to visit 10 junkyards to get a match for the handle around the tumbler, since it was cracked. So, if anything other is broken, get whatever parts you can at the same time. The little metal clips holding the assembly into the inside of the door panel are most important.

 

A plastic or rubber putty knife comes in very handy to peel away old door handles from old Subie doors, by the way. Don't use a metal one.

Thanks for the input, I have done this to about 5 of my roos.

 

I am looking for a good cheap place to get the part, I have a junkyard a bit away from me but don't want to drive all the way there to find out the ones they have are bad or worse the don't have any.