Thanks to Uncle Fiesta for a very helpful post. It certainly belongs on the "How to" page, although I couldn't find it there.
The problem with taking parts from old locks is that they are used and may be nearing the end of their lives. I did this fix three years ago but now need to do it again, and working locks are becoming more difficult to find.
It's a long shot, I know, but is it possible to buy a new cast piece to replace the broken one? Alternatively, does anyone know whether there is a vehicle currently in production which uses the same piece in its locks, so that I could buy a new lock to extract the relevant part?
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