Hi, everyone. I'm Stephanie and I found your group while searching for a solution to my problem at google.com. I decided this would be the best place to come for help, especially after I saw that the group description is "You Locked Your Keys in Where?"--which leads me to believe that you all might not mind a know-nothing like myself wandering in to ask a silly question.
I have a small Brinks Home Security lockbox, which I just purchased about a year ago. The key kind of resists entering the lock; it's not that it won't go all the way in to the lock, but you have to give it a little coaxing and it has a "grinding feel" when you do. Hope that makes sense. However, the bigger problem is that the key simply will not turn in the lock. I didn't have any WD40 at home, so today I tried using the only thing I had on hand, some mineral oil, to coat the key. It was a long shot, but the only thing I knew to try. It didn't do anything, of course. I tried taking a screwdriver and loosening up the screw at the bottom of the locking mechanism and that didn't help.
So, I am asking for any solutions that any of you might be so gracious to offer me. The darn thing only cost around $20 and I could easily replace it, but it just irks me that I can't fix it myself and that it is giving me this problem after only having using it on an infrequent basis. I'm sure there's something simple that could be done, right? I would appreciate anything you can tell me!
Stephanie Charlotte, North Carolina