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Cleaning unknown object from a Schlage door lock

Someone recently jammed something in our door handles key hole, so now we
can't get the key all the way in. I have taken apart a Schlage deadbolt
before, but this handle has got me stumped. It's a standard locking outside
door knob purchased about two years ago, so fairly recent.
How do you get to the back of the lock on these things?
Thanks,
Clint
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DIVO
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IF its a A or D grade, the key MUST be inserted and TURNED, to get the handle off.. if you are not a locksmith, call for help...
if you are, you got the tools you need...hook pick and/or a WAY cut down key... from the bottom.
--Shiva--
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--Shiva--
That would explain it. Since I can't get the key all the way in, I guess I'll be taking it in to a locksmith.
Thanks again, Clint
Reply to
DIVO
The residential grade door knob comes apart by rotating the key 1/4 turn either direction, and depress the retainer.
You might be able to file or grind a bunch of the tip of the key, so that it passes over the foreign object.
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Stormin Mormonn

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