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STRATTEC Codeable Cylinders

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BurnUnit

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Oct 23, 2009, 8:28:21 PM10/23/09
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Just this week at the dealership where I work I encountered my first
"codeable" lock cylinder in a tailgate handle on a GM pickup. It
worked as advertised, but damned if I know how! I'll try to get my
hands on the old cylinder when it clears warranty processing and see
if I can get it apart and figure out what's going on in there. But in
the meantime can anybody explain how this lock is able to code itself
to the first key that's put into it? Do they tend to be any more or
less secure than a similar manually code lock cylinder?
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BurnUnit

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Oct 26, 2009, 10:34:12 PM10/26/09
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>  go look at the codable Master where you drive the key in, sorta same
> idea
>
> its a 1 shot- first key is IT.
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> --Shiva--

Thanks. Got a little more research ahead of me it appears.

Got ahold of the warranty cylinder and got it apart but it revealed
nothing. Except that it's a typical GM manually coded 7 wafer design
lock. Nothing fancy, it's not even a sidebar lock. Apparently GM is
using the codeable job for a replacement.

Found some patent docs for the codeable cylinders that explained a bit
about how they work but no real good illustrations of the actual guts.
But it's not surprising that STRATTEC hasn't put out any really
detailed info on their invention. But it sure would make it a lot
easier for me to wrap my brain around if they did! And they probably
don't want me to order one at work just so I can open it up to inspect
how it works. They're a little spendy, about $80 list price.

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