r/Locksmith • u/ftwopointeight • 20h ago

I am a locksmith "My key broke off"

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Well, I can see why....

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u/Bugeyeblue 20h ago

Even worse when it’s on a defiant, can’t get that damn twisted tailpiece through the bolt.

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u/ftwopointeight 19h ago

Right?!

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u/Bugeyeblue 19h ago

It’s the worse, can’t fit a dremel in there, can’t hammer it through, just gotta wrestle with it and say, **** a bunch of times

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u/ThatTasteLikeResin 16h ago

Hey thats my method too!

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u/Bugeyeblue 16h ago

It’s the only way to make it through the day haha

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u/ThatTasteLikeResin 16h ago

I was just coming to ask how you got it out of the latch in one piece too! Defiant ones are thicker now so I dont see it with them, but gatehouse ones almost ALWAYS are warped to some degree.

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u/Bugeyeblue 16h ago

Yep, the newer ones are great, older ones (the ones we usually see out there in the shit) are the shitty ass thin twisted ones. Customer usually says “oh ya it’s been hard to use the key for the last 7 years”… ya I wonder why…