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York Safe & Lock tumblers lock up

Reader queries and comments about York Safe & Lock strongboxes continue to hit this blog.
Please comment below if you can answer this question: …

I have an old York Safe and Lock Co. safe, quite similar to the one that was restored for York County, and am looking for technical information on how to get access to the lock and lubricate the combination tumblers as mine tend to lock up at times. Can you help?

Selected York Safe & Lock links:
New Freedom station houses alien safe
York Safe & Lock worker recalls chat with Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr’s visit to York long remembered
From Bofors to Bikes, Harley plant top hog
Forry Laucks, Lauxmont sparked debates
York-made safes spotted in post-war Tokyo
York Safe restoration ‘once in a lifetime’ project.
York Safe faltered after owner’s death.
All York Safe & Lock posts from the start.
(For multiple posts on York County’s industrial prowess, see this blog’s Made in York category.)