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Old 12-29-2008, 10:25 PM   #7 (permalink)
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While you have them out, insert the key and look thru the weep hole to make sure all the tumblers are lining up evenly and moving freely. A miscut key will have one or more tumblers too high or too low. Be a good time to take a lock to the lockshop and get a new key to code if that is the case.
Removed the drivers side lock, not too dirty. But one tumbler was too high. Had been forced to work in the open direction. Filed the high spot off of the key, now works in all locks.

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