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Originally Posted by kenchan
are you talking about the hex screw on my pict at the top?
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Yes,...(as long as you are not referring to the two mounting bolts in the pic) and that pic is how a new lock would appear...the locking element being about an eighth+ of an inch recessed.
Fritz
The screw is connected to a spring and plunger near the "hex" (aka "philips" or "cross-head") screw...which are also connected to a long piece of spring steel riveted to the inside of the "freefall" cover. Movement of either the screw or the cover unloads the plunger which is driven
into the lock element to hold it in place, immovable.
Undoing or tightening the screw to correct matters will get you nowhere
without extensive butchery.
For those who have touched the screw the locking element is probably already sticking proud of its housing and, even if pressed against its spring, will return outside the housing; if not now , then at the next "cycle" of the lock.
To test, just connect the lock electrically...hanging on the harness....when you'll see it operate in and out when cycled. If it does so, it is OK.
When "in" the lock element is recessed about an eighth+ of an inch into the cover (as in kenchan's pic)....and best left that way when fitting.
Fritz