Mannlicher
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I have a Liberty safe. I bought it about 5 years ago. The other day, when I went to open it, the safe suffered a major failure.
The S-G combination lock opened as it should have, but the lever that retracts the bolts failed. All it would do was spin around.
My safe company was able to open the safe. They laid it down on it's side, and hammered on it with a rubber mallet. That let the bolts drop inward, and the safe could be opened.
The problem was internal. The shaft that the lever turns is held to a plate with a collar. The collar is only friction tight, being held by a set screw that pulls the collar tight around the shaft. The set screw backed out, and would not hold the shaft tight enough to work.
The safe guys drilled the collar, and inserted an additional set screw that pushes into the shaft now.
Cost me $170 bucks to fix a poor design.
The S-G combination lock opened as it should have, but the lever that retracts the bolts failed. All it would do was spin around.
My safe company was able to open the safe. They laid it down on it's side, and hammered on it with a rubber mallet. That let the bolts drop inward, and the safe could be opened.
The problem was internal. The shaft that the lever turns is held to a plate with a collar. The collar is only friction tight, being held by a set screw that pulls the collar tight around the shaft. The set screw backed out, and would not hold the shaft tight enough to work.
The safe guys drilled the collar, and inserted an additional set screw that pushes into the shaft now.
Cost me $170 bucks to fix a poor design.