| Re: frozen locks
On Jan 26, 8:01 pm, "nash" <zwepytzkehil...@jetable.net> wrote:
> Has anybody had to unfreeze your lock after coming out of where ever you
> were.
> I had a bike locker once by the Skytrain and it was always frozen in
> freezing temp. Bought the same stuff cars use for their doors. I think the
> ingredients are just something you can probably put together yourself in a
> spray bottle
> Heating the key with a flame helped too I think. Both took too long though
> as I was still late for work.
>
> Anyone want to elucidate on their trials and tribulations?
I happen to have had to do this today, but on a a lock that hadn't been
opened for some weeks.
This time of year, I carry a small bottle of methyl and a lighter in
my pack. If the met doesn't open the lock by water displacement, I
spark it up. I usually blow it out a few seconds later, so as not to
burn the rubber coating on the lock. This will mess up or destroy your
lock's lube, so reoil it when practical (I use 5w-30.)
If the lock has a cover for the keyhole, I use it. Even if it doesn't,
I try to turn the lock so the keyhole is facing down.
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