I haven't driven mine in a few months so I can't remember for sure how it works but I can get mine open even with the broken spring. I pulled mine apart and found the offending spring and removed it and put the whole thing back together. I think what I do when I want to open it is to turn the key to the lock position and then to the open position. If a person unlocks it from inside it screws it up again and then I have to 'reset' it by locking it from the outside with the key. I mean, when they do this the key will do nothing. Also, I can just lock it and shut the door normally. Let me know if you can across a source for new springs. I'd buy one or two. Jim -- James A. Brill Jr. \\ // jbrill@unlinfo.unl.edu \\ \\// // If you're not outraged University of Nebraska \\//\\// you're not paying attention. free-lance homo sapien \/ \/
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