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Posted on Tue 2nd, March 2010

• #1

thom.bird

right so basically my girlfriends bike is locked up outside the mash tun and for some strange reason the key won't work all of a sudden.does anyone have any cutting equipment that can cut through?
• #2

Tommy_Mac

stick some WD40 or chain lube down there first - may well loosen it up
• #3

Ced

I had grit in mine, dissolving it didn't work, WD40 didn't work. What did work: a good few hammer bashes on it while trying to turn the key.
• #4

IdealStandard

I concur, if there's a key there's a way!
• #5

IronSloth

if its a d lock be super careful that the key doesnt snap - - as others have said soak with wd40 or similar
and keep trying
• #6

thom.bird

huge amounts of wd40 got it sorted.cheers
• #7

teew

Since when did you have a girlfriend thom?
I guess this is probably proof that we haven't seen each other in much too long.

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