Hi,

Just had a search around and can't find any info.

I wondered if anybody had managed to refit the locking ring once it's dropped out due a long lock replacement/swop scenario.

I took the blanking plate out from my rear door and left it for 2 weeks and now I have come to refit it I just can't understand how the locking ring works. The torx screw which I used to remove the blanking plate is still correctly located. I am also replacing the window winder so I have already removed the door card and the window winder mechanism.

What I have is a zinc plated 3/4 circular thing and I just cannot understand how this fits together. If anybody can explain this or point me in the direction of an existing post that would be great.

Obviously I am a little reluctant to investigate the other doors too much incase I should break them too!

Thanks,

Andy

The cut outs on the inside of the ring match the ridges on the lock barrel/blanking barrel. The wide head of the screw matches a slot in the ring and as the screw is turned the head of the screw engages the locking ring and rotates it, so that the cut outs and ridges no longer line up, thus holding the barrel in place.

What has happened is that you have unscrewed it too far and it has fallen out. If you offer it up to the inside of the handle and get the screw head located in the ring correctlly, you should be able to see how it goes back together.