This sounds possible, but do you really throw the teeth away? Don't they serve a purpose?
Yes i did, not all only few which were damaged, in this way i saved the cost of new locks .
This sounds possible, but do you really throw the teeth away? Don't they serve a purpose?
This is why I'm here today, someone broke in to my little white Panda, likely using a screwdriver punched down behind the handle pushing the rod that opens the door - this sort of broke the lock, - I think it made the lock unaligned with the front, so the key went in crooked for 6 months and it slowly became worse and worse since, until we now can't get a key in there, and it's super unintuitive to get the lock cylinder outThanks for the clarification portland_bill - i quite agree that the car being broken into is highly unlikely using any method, unless someone wanted to steal the raisin encrusted child seats out of the back, in which case i'd kind of feel sorry for them.
I did actually try rubbing a pencil on the key to get some graphite on there (it worked great on my front door key a few years ago), but yes you're right it needs taking out and examining properly, with a good clean while i'm in there.
I am also considering changing it to remote locking if cleaning doesn't work and it all needs replacing anyway.