Broken key in Abus D-lock

A female friend broke her old abus key in her new abus d-lock, right off at the base. the d-lock is firmly positioned around the seat-tube and rear tyre so theres no room to play in there. her boyfriend has tried to fill it will liquid nitrogen and smash it with a hammer, tried to remove key with tweezers; but no luck. are there any tricks, instead of angle grinding and killing a £60 lock?? can whisper if too dodgy.

Push the broken key in fully (so all levers are engaged). Then get a pair of sharp long nose pliers, into the top and bottom of keyhole and turn to open. You can then worry about removing the broken blade at your leisure.

push the key in, put a little (very important) superglue on the base, stick base to key... wait, open lock.

Ooh, that sounds good. Quick! Get her to try it. I need to know...

is this one of those 'i have a friend' questions? did you brake your key off in your lock?.....you muppet!

xroads Push the broken key in fully (so all levers are engaged). Then get a pair of sharp long nose pliers, into the top and bottom of keyhole and turn to open. You can then worry about removing the broken blade at your leisure.

this won't work as its the wrong key ;)

will try the superglue, but the end is pretty fooked with all the other messing around.

No way will super glue have enough hold to turn that key !

You could try some steel epoxy (from Maplins™), but even that may not have the hold.

I remember an episode of ER where Dr Greene removed a foreign body from a kid's ear by employing a similar superglue-based technique. I don't suppose anyone else saw that? One of the ladies, maybe... :-P

If all else fails you could try and use Rush's legendary prog rock anthem 'Spirit of the Radio' or any of the tracks from the 2112 album.

I once freed a seized lock using only the intro from 'The Temples of Syrinx'.

Try a powerful magnet on the broken key. It may not pull it out completely, but it might give you enough purchase to get some tweezers/needle nose pliers on it.

if he was willing to fill it with liquid nitrogen and smash it I don't understand why the circular saw has been ruled out

Build Try a powerful magnet on the broken key. It may not pull it out completely, but it might give you enough purchase to get some tweezers/needle nose pliers on it.
abus keys aren't magnetic ;) , pity as we have a monster one right next to me.

tomasito, yeah still worthwhile trying, especially seeing the bike is locked right in front of security, hahaaa!!

film it from a distance like those guys did in New York. See if anybody gives you any trouble. I expect nobody will bat an eyelid

i bat an eyelid once......spend a night in a cell

tried Cillit Bang??

Otherwise bang this out:

bbq bonanza!

aidan i bat an eyelid once......spend a night in a cell

shouldn't go winking at coppers aidan