Summary: A key that has broken off in a lock can be removed with a fishing hook and a set of pliers. Remove a broken key from a lock by using simple household items with tips from a construction specialist in this free video on home repair and maintenance.
Oscar Moreno is the owner of Moreno Custom Home Visions in Austin, Texas. Moreno has been learning the construction and landscaping business since he was a boy. With over 20 years...read more
"Hello, this is Oscar Moreno with Moreno Custom Home Visions and today we're going to teach you guys how to remove a broken key from a lock. Real easy tools that we're going to need that everybody has, is just a real normal fish hook, simple as can be, and of course just a real simple set of pliers. Basically all this takes is just a little messing with, and you have to use the point of the hook and try the grab a corner of the key to extract it. It might take a couple of tries, but once you got the key to come out at least an eighth of an inch out of its socket, then, you can use your pliers, go ahead and grab onto the key, pull it right out. If you take your key, and the remaining piece of your broken key to your local locksmith, they can make you a brand new one all over again. And that's how you remove a broken key from a lock."
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