Dead locks?

[Beeezer]

I’ve got these dead locks on my van, the van came with no keys for the said locks.
Does anyone know how to remove these type of lock?

 

[Blobber]

That's a profile cylinder, remove the 1 screw below the striker but you need the key to put the cylinder in a certain position before it slides out

 

[OJCar]

 

[Redsailor]

That looks like a "Eurolock" insert cylinder.

 

[BrokenBiker]

cobalt drill...usually make short work of thise as the local theives have proved recently...

 

[Beeezer]

cobalt drill...usually make short work of thise as the local theives have proved recently...

Where to drill??

 

[BrokenBiker]

Where to drill??

through the lock, if you drill the pins out then you can take the screw out of the striker and use a screwdriver to turn the lock and remove it...the rest will be fairly simple

 

[Memmeddu]

That looks like a "Eurolock" insert cylinder.

In other words he's trying to say "good luck with it"
They are notoriously hard to crack open, obviously if you are a pro they might not be so difficult to manipulate but for a normal human being they're pretty hard.
I'd suggest to weld or cut the part that physically locks into the hole.
Pushing it in and weld or just cut flush

 

[Memmeddu]

through the lock, if you drill the pins out then you can take the screw out of the striker and use a screwdriver to turn the lock and remove it...the rest will be fairly simple

No brass pins to drill through but hardened steel ones like needle bearings.
They have to be rotated to allow you to remove the cylinder from the lock

 

[Memmeddu]

Where to drill??

Through the rotating cylinder exactly the part where you put the key.
But again those are usually hardened or internal pins are made out of steel

 

[Barking Mat]

Do you know the make ? The lock picking lawyer on YouTube may help.

Or whatever he's called.

 

[Blobber]

Depending what damage you want to inflict take the external escucheon off, a nice big pair of stilsons on the exposed part of the lock and twist, they normally snap where the retaining screw is

 

[Hitch]

Take the escutcheon plate off, remove the cylinder retaining screw, then sometimes you can get a very thin strip down the side of the cylinder and push the cam round so it's inline and then the cylinder will come out. Can be a bit of a fiddle.

A bit of metal pallet banding works quite well.

 

[indy4x]

X marks the spot


25yrs ago that's how I used to open Euro cylinders, 8mm drill bit and once the hole was drilled used a rake in the key slot to force the pins out

If you failed to get the pins out, stick a screwdriver in the hole you drilled and snap the lock

However, even back then, the better ones would have a hardened steel pin you had to get through and would usually wipe out your drill bit, even carbide tipped ones

 

[Memmeddu]

However, even back then, the better ones would have a hardened steel pin you had to get through and would usually wipe out your drill bit, even carbide tipped ones

And that's what I was trying to say earlier on.
It looks like one of those and they're extremely hard to go through with a drill.
Maybe a air hammer can wreck it open.
Surely a plasma cutter will

 

[BrokenBiker]

No brass pins to drill through but hardened steel ones like needle bearings.
They have to be rotated to allow you to remove the cylinder from the lock

Hence the cobalt drill...the local locksmiths round here don't even try and open a lock anymore, just cobalt drill...if its not a single lock they just keep going up in size til they have removed the whole cylinder...the local vehicle thieves caught onto this and do pretty much the same if they have the time...or bend the passenger door out if they are in a rush...failing that, a bump key, lock specific encoder or just get handy with a set of picks...fastest cheapest option is the cobalt drill though

 

[Robotstar5]

Hence the cobalt drill...the local locksmiths round here don't even try and open a lock anymore, just cobalt drill...

My local locksmith calls those types "drill smiths" as they don't know how to pick a lock.

 

[BrokenBiker]

My local locksmith calls those types "drill smiths" as they don't know how to pick a lock.

Our 'top' auto lock smith hates them...gives the industry a bad name...was him that taught me how to pick merc locks when I was on recovery, used to do a lot for customs and hmrc seizing and searching vans for contraband...he used to come out and gain access after we had dragged the vans away...watching him work was something else, holding a casual conversation while effortlessly picking any lock you put infront of him...he got most open before I'd lowered the bed to get them off which was nice as I could drop the handbrake and let them roll then