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Jennings Back Door and front panel locks.

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 4:43 pm
by shortrackskater
I have a Jennings Century Vender and Jennings Governor. Both need back door locks. Does anyone know of a relatively inexpensive replacement lock? I will eventually re-key my lock but it seems everyone that helped me a few years ago have disappeared.

1. For now I'd like 2 back door locks. I don't care if they're tubular keys or just regular keys... anything - I just want to latch the back doors closed. The neck of this lock measures about 1 3/16ths long and the diameter is about 7/8ths.

2. My Jennings vender needs the two little locks that attach the front plates to the machine. The one lock I have appears old but it simply doesn't latch far enough up to catch! It was made in USA so I don't know if it was just a crappy replacement or not?

If anyone has these locks or has a source, please let me know. I did contact a guy on eBay selling the small locks but he has not responded to my second question and requested photos.

Thank you!!!

Re: Jennings Back Door and front panel locks.

PostPosted: Sat Apr 15, 2023 2:23 pm
by shortrackskater
If anyone has one of the small locks on their Jennings, can you possible send me the spec/sizes of the lock like the neck/barrel width/length and the length of the lock tab when locked.
I bought two that supposedly "would fit" but the tab isn't long enough to catch the case.

Re: Jennings Back Door and front panel locks.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 8:20 pm
by mechanic
THOSE LOCKS STARTED SHOWING UP IN THE LATE 80'S AND ARE NOT THE ONES ORIGINALLY USED. THE CORRECT ONES WERE YALES AND MADE WITH ROLLED EDGES BUT ARE SO HARD TO FIND THAT THE ONE YOU GOT WAS ALL THATS AVAILABLE. THE ACE LOCK IS NOT FOR YOUR MACHINE EITHER. YOURS TAKES A STANDARD YALE SERATED TOOTH LOCK NOT THE BARREL KEY WHICH IS FOR THE JENNINGS DOORS WITH THE SINGLE J STAMP.

Re: Jennings Back Door and front panel locks.

PostPosted: Sat May 06, 2023 5:14 pm
by shortrackskater
Thank you!
I've maybe found someone on my other forum, Newlifegames, that re-keys locks. I probably should learn how to do this myself. :D