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Key broke in door

  • 28-04-2020 9:42am
    #1
    BabysCoffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,713 ✭✭✭


    My key broke in a lock.


    Would anyone have any tips for getting it out?

    It is completely flush so a pliers is no use. Tried to slide in sewing needles to get it out but no joy.

    Is it a locksmith job?


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  • #2
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    BabysCoffee wrote: »
    My key broke in a lock.


    Would anyone have any tips for getting it out. It is completely flush so a pliers is no use. Tried to slide in sewing needles to get it out but no joy.

    Super glue broken part then pull out, worst case drill it...


  • #3
    shanec1928
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,203 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    heat a glue stick and stick it to the part of the key in the door


  • #4
    BabysCoffee
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    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Super glue broken part then pull out, worst case drill it...


    I'd be nervous of using super glue - they key is in so far that i think the super glue could block up the lock


  • #5
    BabysCoffee
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    shanec1928 wrote: »
    heat a glue stick and stick it to the part of the key in the door


    Might give this a go


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    BabysCoffee wrote: »
    I'd be nervous of using super glue - they key is in so far that i think the super glue could block up the lock

    But the lock is already blocked. Try with the glue.


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  • #7
    1Q2WHYUUU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭1Q2WHYUUU


    Happened to me if your not in a rush I ordered
    A lock pick set on line it worked for me


  • #8
    darragh o meara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,237 ✭✭✭darragh o meara


    Get a glue stick like they use in glue guns. Melt the end slightly with a lighter and push onto the broken bit of the key and hold for a few mins. It should stick to the broken bit and pull it out.

    https://youtu.be/kz0Px5Zu72s

    If he done this a few times and worked every time


  • #9
    pmce4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 409 ✭✭pmce4


    happened to me before. I got the piece out by using a small screw driver with a magnet attached to it to magnetise the metal and slowing jiggled the piece out.

    good luck


  • #10
    BabysCoffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,713 ✭✭✭BabysCoffee


    darragh o meara wrote: »
    Get a glue stick like they use in glue guns. Melt the end slightly with a lighter and push onto the broken bit of the key and hold for a few mins. It should stick to the broken bit and pull it out.

    https://youtu.be/kz0Px5Zu72s

    If he done this a few times and worked every time


    No joy with the hot glue stick


    but will retry after putting a bit of wd40 in first


  • #11
    GinSoaked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭GinSoaked


    Dumb question but are you in the house? If so take the lock off and push the key out from the back - depending on the type of lock don't think you said what it was.


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  • #12
    BabysCoffee
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    Success!!

    thanks for your help

    Sprayed a little WD40 and then went at it with the teeniest little flat screwdriver that I randomly found among my sparse tools. That in conjunction with a sewing needle did the trick.


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