New Hobbiest with an Old Safe
The lock seems (to me) to be very loud and rattles a lot, but after picking up all the wheels (left) I distinctly note 3 places where there appears to be contact. I hear a click and feel a tap. At first I thought I had identified an obvious contact point, but they seem too far spaced to be the contact area: 34, 56, 79 (56 is the most obvious, followed by 34 and 79 is the faintest). But when I try to start testing different numbers (assuming one of these is a legitimate contact point), I can't feel any of these points when I rotate right. Does anyone have thoughts as to what might be going on? The rest of the safe is in very good shape and I know the previous owners never had trouble with it (aside from losing the combination), so I assume that the rattling is from age not damage to the innards? I have resorted to using a stethoscope to help detect subtle changes, and I have tried dialing those 3 numbers in all the different combinations but no luck. Even though this does not appear to have a drive cam the way most modern examples do (see link below), am I correct to assume that the same method of working off the contact points would still work here?
Below is a picture of my lock and this is what I believe the inside to be (the victor lock most of the way down the page: viewtopic.php?p=109406#p109406)
Any help would be greatly appreciated- thanks for reading.