The long term wearing down of copy keys is no joke. I recently found an 86 for a nephew to replace his decrepit 83. The 3 keys it came with were thin and smooth and the locks were balky with them. Some locks took multiple insertions with key flipping etc to get the lock to work. I took out the driver door handle and went to my local locksmith with it so he could make keys from the code stamped on the handle. The new keys looked nothing like the worn keys and comparing them you would swear that he must have made some mistake with the code. Nope, the sharp pointed new keys were nearly twice the width of the worn down ones and the new keys worked perfectly in every lock. I wish I had taken a photo side by side to show the difference. Mark Steve Sandlin wrote: > I doubt the lock needs to be changed, nor the steering lock. In additiion to the lubrication mentioned, many times the lock issues are cause by worn keys, or badly miscut keys due to being a copy of a copy of a copy. Get the code number and cut a new key from the code. |
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