I think I found one of Oldfast's wheel packs

[L4R3L2]

Here's a wheel pack I came across that I believe has to be an Oldfast discard from one of his practice locks...

[Riyame]

Wow, that is actually quite impressive. That safe has seen a TON of use. Looks like some time in the past they blocked off the change key hole in the top wheel. I wonder if that was to prevent combination changes or to fix it after the mechanism broke.

[L4R3L2]

Looks like some time in the past they blocked off the change key hole in the top wheel. I wonder if that was to prevent combination changes or to fix it after the mechanism broke.

I've seen the same think in a thread here. It seems to be a Mosler thing to keep the key from penetrating beyond the last (#1) wheel. Unless it just happens to be the exact same wheel that was in that thread. I'll have to look it up.

[MartinHewitt]

I think we had this cover up topic here some weeks ago. It was on a lock where the wheel pack was mounted in the cover. The purpose was probably to prevent the change key getting stuck in the drive cam.

[Oldfast]

Haha! Holy shit... that is THE most wear on a wheel post I've EVER seen.

Also, excited to see your changekey hole 'sealed-off' too! That discussion
was actually HERE when I came across one like this for the first time in a
Mosler. Martin's explanation seems to make the most sense.... especially
now that we see it again in your lock... before this, I wasn't sure if what
I had seen was an isolated incident - a make-shift homemade type thing.
Thanks for sharing these photos and helping to shed more light on this!


Geez.... still can't believe the view of that wheel post.

[L4R3L2]

I thought you'd like the rib

When I first disassembled it, I thought maybe the hub was tiered on purpose- Each wheel had its own ID to sit on. I thought someone must have thrown some other wheels on it to sell. That thought was short-lived when I saw the groove for the isolation washers was worn through as well. I can't believe the safe was still functioning with that much wear. The wheels all measure good, so unless they were replaced, I don't see how the hub would wear and the wheels wouldn't. It's almost as though someone didn't clean out some steel filings.