Brake cleaner gave a slight improvement.
Maybe bunnings or supercheapautobarn has it
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Brake cleaner gave a slight improvement.
Maybe bunnings or supercheapautobarn has it
I had a similar ignition key issue several years ago. I squirted a SMALL amount of spray electrical Contact Cleaner in through the key slot, with a good result ever since.
There might be erudite reasons why this was a "no no", but the empirical result was good.
Andrew
Use of a solvent is usually no problem. The issue with oil based lubricants is that they hold dust and grime, causing the lock to bind. The very nature of a lock invites the entry of foreign material. A solvent can clean that out, within reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewMilne
I have given the lock lots of lube. No change.
I refer you back to post #2. The lock barrel is misaligned at the point where you try to remove the key. The wafers cannot move back to the position where they move freely out of the way of the key's teeth. This will only get worse as the wafers are weaker than the key itself and will be damaged if you keep forcing it. Does it come out freely if you wiggle it rotationally?
You say you replaced the barrel. Was it a genuine one? The mechanism that positions the plug ( the bit the key goes into ), the detents if you like, always seem weak to me in the non genuine ones. But I'm guessing, as I can't see it.