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Originally Posted by sperry
How can you live w/o keyless!? I'm assuming you've attempted to reprogram all the remotes just to make sure that's not the problem?
As far as lock lubrication... get some sandpaper and a pencil, file some graphite off the pencil onto a clean sheet of paper with a crease in it, then just pour a little of the graphite dust into the keyhole before operating the key a few times to work it into the mechanism.
At least that used to be a good way to lube a door lock... but the last car I needed to do that on was an '86 Ford Escort.  |
Scott is right, graphite is pretty good for locks being dry. It is available in a little tube too that you can spray kind of like nasal spray. Cheap. But that is only really for the key inserting and cylinder starting to turn. If the whole throw of the key is the difficult part, it is in the linkage, not the key... Take the door cards off and find the bind. Clean and relube the pivots/slides.
Jiggling can also be because the key is worn and the tumblers don't quite line up anymore! If you have one you never use, try that. If it works better, bet a new one cut from it.