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GUN SAFE PROBLEM

jwb267jwb267 Member Posts: 19,665 ✭✭✭
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
i am beginning to have a hard time opening my safe. sometimes i have to try the combination 4-5 times before it will open. i have sprayed a little WD-40 in the key lock, but it didn't really help. if i hit the combination dial with my fist a little, it does help some. any ideas other than buying a new safe
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  • hotshoothotshoot Member Posts: 4,227
    edited November -1
    sell it to me for $1[:p]

    none sorry.....[:0]
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  • mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jwb267
    i am beginning to have a hard time opening my safe. sometimes i have to try the combination 4-5 times before it will open. i have sprayed a little WD-40 in the key lock, but it didn't really help. if i hit the combination dial with my fist a little, it does help some. any ideas other than buying a new safe


    Why not have a locksmith service it? Can't be near as much as a new safe...
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Agree, it sounds like wear in the tumblers! You might want to contact the manufacturer or a locksmith before you spend money on a new safe.

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,495 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Try graphite instead
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  • A J ChristA J Christ Member Posts: 7,534 ✭
    edited November -1
    WD40 isn't what I'd use on a gunsafe lock. That stuff will gun up and give you grief.

    If you've hit it with WD, time to get a locksmith to clean it up before yo can't open it anymore without using a fire hatchet or explosives.
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  • kyplumberkyplumber Member Posts: 11,111
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by savage170
    Try graphite instead

    +1
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  • IdahoboundIdahobound Member Posts: 20,587 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    try taking a couple numbers off the 2nd number. Works everytime on the safes I sell
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  • SperrySperry Member Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I got over those pesky issues by just leaving the thing unlocked.
    It opens so much easier.
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,495 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You might have to spray a degreaser or electric contact cleaner first to cleanout the wd 40 first
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  • jwb267jwb267 Member Posts: 19,665 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    what about carb cleaner to remove the WD then try graphite?
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    BRAKE-CLEAN or STARTING-FLUID (Ether)
    That'll clean'er out. Might stink the house up for a bit.
    No open flames wile the ETHER is in the air!! [:0][B)][:0]
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  • buddybbuddyb Member Posts: 5,322 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mine did the same thing a few years ago.The night before I was leaving on a weeks hunting trip I had to try for an hour to get my safe open.I locked the safe door with the door in the open position and that was it.It would never unlock again.I took the lock apart from the inside to get the safe to close and when I got back from hunting I ordered and insalled a key pad lock.No problems so far.
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