Ignition Lock Cylinder

Hi, I have a 1997 Tacoma 4x4.

Last week it was broken into and the ignition lock was hacked up with a screwdriver. Luckily for me my truck wasn't stolen!!

I'm trying to take the ignition lock out. I've drilled out the button underneath the cylinder and I can move the the cylinder out about a 1/4" of an inch but that's as far as it will go. I'm using a lot of muscle with no success. With a screwdriver, I'm also able to move the ignition around from lock to start.

Any ideas?

 

I wish that would have worked. The key hole was really banged up and only started turning after the drilling. I'm guessing that's why it wasn't stolen

 

Even though the lock cylinder is Fubared

You might need to drill out the whole lock cylinder because of damage keeping it from coming out.

How did you keep the pin from spinning did you have a helper? We use one to hold the pin the other to drill

Your sure you have enough of the pin drilled out?

 

Not sure if Toyota's are the same or similar but I had to do a Ford Focus one time that had a worn out lock cylinder that wouldn't turn anymore, the instructions in the service manual were to drill to the side of the keyway where the lockbar was and extract it to allow the cylinder to turn.
I can't find anything on a Tacoma lock cylinder, a locksmith probably would know where to drill but most probably aren't going to tell you.

 

It sucks but you have to keep going with the drill until it comes out. If the housing gets (or already was) damaged you'll have to replace it too

 

Many thoughts come to mind… if the ignition lock cylinder housing is reusable and you can get a new lock cylinder ask if the replacement lock cylinder can be rekeyed. Many can’t and it is a pain to remember this key for the door and this key to start it… the other bit of good news is that the airbag key is the ignition key.

Replacing the lock cylinder housing is either a big job or easy, depending on your toolbox and your experience. I have been very successful in using a very sharp small chisel and striking the sheer bolt head 90 degrees on the rim creating a raised portion then angling the chisel and with a few taps, loosening the sheer bolt. In some cases I will have to center punch the sheer bolt and using a left hand drill bit drill the sheer bolt out and somewhere during the drilling process it unscrews the bolt. Once one is loose the other will come out easy.