REPLACING THE TURNLOCK ASSEMBLY ON A COACH BAG OR BRIEFCASE

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BEFORE YOU START: LOOK INSIDE THE BAG AT THE PARTS THAT YOU WILL BE REPLACING TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THEY SHOULD LOOK LIKE AFTER YOU'RE DONE.

SIMPLE AS THIS MAY SOUND, REMEMBER THAT EACH SET OF PARTS, THAT IS, THE 2-PIECE TURNLOCK, AND THE 2-PIECE OVAL FACE PLATE, "SANDWICH" THE LEATHER. HERE WE GO...

THE TURN LOCK:

• USING A SHARP, FLAT-TIP SCREWDRIVER, ( IT’S EASIER TO SLIP UNDER THE PRONGS ), CAREFULLY LIFT THE TWO PRONGS THAT SECURE THE BACK OF THE OLD TURN LOCK.
•  THAT DONE, THE BACK PLATE WILL FALL OUT.
•  NEXT, INSERT THE PRONGS OF THE NEW TURNLOCK INTO THE TWO EXISTING SLITS IN THE LEATHER.
• AFTER THE TURN LOCK IS FULLY INSERTED, PUT THE SMALL OVAL BACKPLATE IN  BETWEEN THE TWO STRAIGHT PRONGS.  IF THE PRONGS ARE TO BE BENT UP & DOWN, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU FIRST BEND THE BOTTOM PRONG UP, TIGHT AGAINST THE BACK PLATE, AND THEN, BEND AND PRESS THE TOP PRONG DOWN, OVER THE FLATTENED BOTTOM PRONG. IF THE PRONGS BEND LEFT TO RIGHT, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH PRONG YOU BEND FIRST.
• USE THE TIP OF THE SCREWDRIVER TO PUSH THE PRONGS ALL THE WAY DOWN FOR A TIGHT FIT. BE CAREFUL, YOU DON'T WANT THE SCREWDRIVER TIP TO SLIP AND SCRATCH YOU OR THE BAG. DONE WITH THE TURN LOCK, NOW, ON TO...

THE OVAL FACE PLATE:

THE OVAL FACE PLATE HAS FOUR PRONGS, WHICH ARE LIFTED OFF IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE TURN LOCK

• SUGGESTION: YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT A PIECE OF FABRIC OR PAPER TOWEL ON THE WORK SURFACE TO KEEP THE NEW FACE PLATE, AND THE WORK SURFACE FROM GETTING SCRATCHED.
• INSERT THE FOUR PRONGS OF THE NEW FACE PLATE INTO THE FOUR EXISTING SLITS IN THE BAG, THEN DROP THE FLAT, OVAL WASHER BETWEEN THE FOUR PROTRUDING PRONGS.
• NOW, FLIP THE SCREWDRIVER AROUND, AND USE THE HANDLE END TO TAP THE PRONGS ALTERNATELY, TOWARDS THE CENTER, AND DOWN, UNTIL THEY ALL LIE FLAT.
• ONCE FLATTENED, DO A FINAL, FORCEFUL ROUND OF TAPS TO SECURE THE PRONGS.

DONE!  ENJOY YOUR NEW TURNLOCK!!