want to create any more problems for ourselves, we switched to a hole saw to get as clean a hole as possible into the lock. This all went well, and when we looked in with the scope, we could see the cam, which we wanted to turn. We worked at turning the cam, but it didn’t go as we had wished. We tried different probes and wire — but nothing was working. I took my long probe out to the van and ground a real sharp point on it. Once I got back with the sharp probe, it didn’t take too long and the door was open. We installed a new ESL10XL on the door, straightened the handle, put every- thing back together and tested it many times before saying it was done. This all took place on a Friday eve- ning. The next week I got with Mike and gave him the lock that we had taken out of the safe. Mike decided that rather “I had been carrying this lock in the van all this time for an experience with one like it.” than turning the lock back in for war- ranty, he would take it apart and find out what the problem was. Mike called me the next day and said he had found the problem, so I made arrangements to meet him at his shop and see what the problem was. Mike showed me that the rotating cam had come loose from the motor shaſt and had slid toward the lock bolt. This allowed the motor to spin freely. When he used his screwdriver to push the cam back toward the motor, the lock operated properly. I’m not sure what is supposed to hold the cam to the motor shaſt, but it didn’t work on this lock. Since the lock was mounted ver- tical down, no amount of vibration was go- ing to make it go back toward the motor. Doug Bellinger has been a building contractor, elect rical cont ractor, and owned an RV service center for 34 years. He sold the business to his son, and af ter two days of retirement, decided that wasn’t for him. In 2003 he attended classes at Lockmasters to learn about safes, and he was hooked. He was hired by SafeCo Security in Phoenix, AZ, in 2004. Learning Is Easier and More Convenient Than Ever! ALOA SPAI Offers Year-Round Classes at Our Dallas Headquarters. Get the latest in industry training at your convenience. The ALOA SPAI Training Center offers year-round classes in “learning tracks” such as Automotive, Door Servicing and Safe Work. You’ll be taught by ACE certified instructors, and you’ll earn ALOA SPAI Education Units and Continuing Education Units. For more information, call (800) 532-2562, ext. 101; email [email protected]; or visit www.aloa.org/education. WWW.ALOA.ORG JANUARY 2017 KEYNOTES 21
