Mechanics and Fixing Any Questions Answered

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LewisEC

There's about 1cm left on the key, might be enough to push it in and rotate the other half thats in the lock. I'm going to try that before resorting to brute force but the lock is quite stiff already, thats why the key snapped

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chiroshi in reply to @LewisEC

Give it a good soak in WD40 or similar before you try. Worked for me when the same happened.
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ffm in reply to @LewisEC

If all the tumblers are being lifted by the portion of the key that's still in the lock then sometimes a thin shim can be inserted down one side of it to turn the barrel.

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