Anyone know of how to free a superglued lock on a car door please. TIA
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Aug 16, 2004
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is a super glue remover - not sure if it will clean up the inner workings but got to be worth a go compared to the cost of a new car lock.
There are solvents for it (e.g. from Screwfix), but you may still need to remove the lock and soak in something like cellulose thinners to remove the remaining crud. Then it will need lubricating with a very light oil and some graphite in the keyhole.
After this, you may like to check in Yellow Pages for vetinarary equipment suppliers to obtain castration tongs to deal with the perpetrators.
.andy
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Far too humanitarian. Two engineering bricks are the answer.
But keep you thumbs from getting caught between them Andrew
What were you doing to get your lock superglued?
He recommended a 'Kress' SDS drill to a neighbour after reading this group.
Apply heat from a blowlamp to the key until very hot ,preferably holding key with pliers then insert into lock and turn,has worked twice for me on cars and once in a yale lock.If the key has a rubber end you may loose that but a small price to pay
Try acetone - often the active ingredient in nail varnish remover so that might do.
cheers, Pete.
Living in Milton Keynes perhaps ?
You mean some people outside of MK superglue the locks of people living in MK? My oh my. They are that jealous?
But avoid breathing the (cyanide) fumes. Geo
Death by firing squad if they did it to a BMW.
I don't see how it's going to get to the inner workings of the lock
I would think that heating up the mechanism and burning it off would be the only way of getting rid of it, then disassemble and lubricate.
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes
We're not talking about camels though,
angle grinder !!
In message , StealthUK writes
Seconded
Alex
Have you had THREE locks superglued!!!! - what did you do to deserve that?
Rob
He probably parked in Milton Keynes........
.andy
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Not if it was that stupid 4*4 X-thingy that I followed doing 10mph over some speedbumps today. I could have got out and superglued the idiot inside whilst walking alongside.
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