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How do you fit a new lock in place?

I have just received my order for the new cookerhood mechanical locks and have tried to get them to fit but they just don't. One of my locks is already in place so I just needed one for the other side. I have tried every which way to fit them but they just won't fit together. When I try fitting them together without the hood inbetween they don't either. Do I have faulty locks?

By shazallen - - 05 October 2009

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  • Rubber mallet strategically applied (on the chopping board did to protect my work surface) the trick!! By EllieMay - - 08 May 2011
  • There is a photo guide on the e-spares website. Just place the hood on a hard surface, insert the pin from underneath; locate the lock part (red) on top of the pin head and tap sharply once with a hammer. Just check first that the pin is intact and that the hole in the red locking part is free. When the catches failed for us, the pin had broken off in the red lock. By kinski - N E Wales - 22 February 2010
  • They can only fit together one way - there is an oblong shape on the grey part which should match up with the oblong hole on the red part. Lie your cooker hood on a work surface inside uppermost, insert the grey part from underneath, line up red part from the top and just lock them together by tapping sharply with a hammer. By kitchen97 - Worcestershire - 28 October 2009

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Cooker Hood Mechanical Lock - Pack of 2 Stock Number: ES502992

Genuine spare part for select Bosch, Neff & Siemens cooker hoods

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