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Puddle Jumper
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coweta ok | 2010 vision 8-ball saddlebag locks won't lock, sprayed wd on em and sprayed in the lock and all around anything that moved. Anybody have this problem? Marty |
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Cruiser
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Conneaut, OH | Mine did this last year and I sprayed them good with WD40 and let sit over night then sprayed and kept carefully working the key little by little until they started working never had a problem since |
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Tourer
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Albuquerque, NM | Blow the locks off with compressed air and spray some dry graphite in and around the locks if your bags see a lot of dust. |
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Cruiser
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Conneaut, OH | The graphite is what caused mine to give me trouble it got wet and was a huge mess in there. I used wd and air to get as much of graphite out that I could and then used silicone spray. Now I just spray them with silicone couple times a year and no problems now. |
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Puddle Jumper
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coweta ok | w-d the crap out of em with turning the key, working now thx |
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Cruiser
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SF Bay Area | WD-40 isn't much of a lube... it makes a much better solvent. I would us the WD-40 to clean out the pins and tumblers in the lock, immediately followed by a light machine oil or just about any decent liquid gun lube, even CLP. The WD-40 will effectively wick the proper lube into the lock internals. WD-40 has many uses, but lubricating dry metal and protecting steel from rusting are not what I would use the stuff for. Typically I use it to free frozen metal parts, but I always follow it with a proper lubricant. |
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Tourer
Posts: 482
Beer Collins, Colorado (there is no fort) | I mostly used graphite powder in locks until a good locksmith friend gave me a 1/2 can of Houdini that he swears by and I can't argue with the results-good stuff and will last you for ever unless your a locksmith.
http://www.amazon.com/home-improvement/dp/B00C5JFKKE |
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Visionary
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| If all out fails go to hardware store and get Liquid Wrench it will free up and rust
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Cruiser
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Delray Beach, FL United States | You can also use spray white lithium grease from big box store it lubes and repells dirt. I use it in the locks and the worm gear for the windshield. |
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Tourer
Posts: 353
| One of the best things I've ever used that doesn't attract dirt is called Metal Protector made by Amsoil.
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