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[BrassCase]

I also have a Safari GS from Costco. Nothing in the owners manual talks about a need to service it.

[ChrisC]

My safe is 20 years old and gets opened at least twice a week minimum. Never had it serviced and never had a problem. Sounds like someone is trying to get your money.

[Stewdabaker23]

What's there to service? ??

[golfish]

My lock smith told me I needed to flush out the workings every 6 months from winter lube to summer lube and then back from summer lube to winter lube 6 months later.

Its seem to work very well for me. He only charges 60.00 per visit (2x a year) and I have never had a problem with my custom made Sportsman Steel safe..

This reminds me, I need to change the air in my truck tires to winter air.

[Stewdabaker23]

The only thing that I do is change the battery in the lock .

[chris]

$130? Sounds like you're the one getting "serviced."

LOL.

[holyhandgrenade]

My understanding of how mine works is that it is opened by a small microcontroller controlling the action of a battery powered electromagnet acting on a spring retained metal bar which functions as a deadbolt on a larger bar that also functions as a deadbolt to the bar that is attached to the spokes that pull back the deadbolts that hold the door closed.

All that can be done to "service" my safe is to take off the door panel and oil the spring occasionally to ward off rusting and keep the 9v battery fresh in the keypad...

What I said only applies to mechanical locks, electronic locks are a different animal.

Last one I took the door off to change the combo, the guts were all steel, no brass.

Ive seen brass, and zinc/potmetal/whatever and some high end ones actually use plastic from what I understand. Never seen steel before, but its not like Im looking at them everyday either, so that very well may be.

My safe is from the 70s and has never been serviced. Its a sargent and greenleaf lock FWIW.

S&G makes great locks. They'd probably be my first choice. Doesnt really surprise me its served you so well for so long.

You're contents are far more at risk from the minimum wage kid they hired ogling and remembering the contents when he's at your place to "service" your safe than from the mechanism or hinges failing from lack of servicing them.

And this is why its worth it to pay for a good safe tech. Part of what youre paying for is trust. Also, Ive never met a "minimum wage kid" in the industry, much less as a safe tech.

[toby]

As said from another, same here 30 years and NO service. Just what is there to service.
Hinges= oil I guess?
Lock= cant get to the inners, Mine is mechanical I would not own an electronic one.
Bolt linkage = Oil I guess
I open my safe at least once or twice a week and it functions flawlessly.
I paid $800 for it back then.

[1CavScout]

I have 4 large safes (one is new) and two smaller ones. The only time I needed service was when the keypad stopped working on one of my large ones. The new safe I just bought has a manual backup to the keypad. After having a keypad fail, I think this is a good option.

[holyhandgrenade]

As said from another, same here 30 years and NO service. Just what is there to service.
Hinges= oil I guess?
Lock= cant get to the inners, Mine is mechanical I would not own an electronic one.
Bolt linkage = Oil I guess
I open my safe at least once or twice a week and it functions flawlessly.
I paid $800 for it back then.

Unless you did something fairly traumatic like slammed the door with the bolts thrown or something happened to tweak the hinges, nothing should really ever go wrong with those components I wouldnt think, theyre purposefully pretty robust. If something on a safe is going to fail its the lock, theyre precise instruments and need to be treated with some care. Getting one apart isnt really all that difficult but I wouldnt recommend doing it unless you know what youre doing.

[scoobyj]

Had my safe for over 30 years and never had it serviced. Now I feel like I haven't taken care of it. I just leaving the house to go down to the main drag and pick up a hooker for it!

[Steve_In_29]

My lock smith told me I needed to flush out the workings every 6 months from winter lube to summer lube and then back from summer lube to winter lube 6 months later.

Its seem to work very well for me. He only charges 60.00 per visit (2x a year) and I have never had a problem with my custom made Sportsman Steel safe..

This reminds me, I need to change the air in my truck tires to winter air.

LOL For a second I thought you were serious.

[MikeR]

I change the battery every few years, does that count?