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rene wrote:

Jamz wrote: I make it routine like Rene, and spray a squirt of WD40 into the keyhole every time I wash the bike.

is this a annual thing then?

Painful way to do it isnt it??

oh, annual!

my key was a bit like that at first, I sprayed some stuff I've got thats like WD40 but its got teflon in it and it worked fine with a bit of wiggling.. look at the key though it should be perfectly symetrical down the centre, if its not then thats your problem.
cheers
dan

I bloody knew you buggers would pull me on that!

I actually washed my ZX9R TWICE in one day a few weeks ago!







ok, so that was probably the last time I washed it, but that's not the point....

WD40 is only gonna help if the problem is the lock barrel sticking.

If it's anything like my zxr's then the problem is key wear and their not quite pushing the lock pins into the right position. my 750 i can actually remove the key once i've turned it on

Xphyral wrote:WD40 is only gonna help if the problem is the lock barrel sticking.

If it's anything like my zxr's then the problem is key wear and their not quite pushing the lock pins into the right position. my 750 i can actually remove the key once i've turned it on

A problem often caused because people don't keep the barrel well-lubed by squirting slippy stuff down it occasionally!

RedexRobB wrote:

rene wrote:

Jamz wrote: I make it routine like Rene, and spray a squirt of WD40 into the keyhole every time I wash the bike.

is this a annual thing then?

Painful way to do it isnt it??

oh, annual!

LOL i missed that one!

Jamz wrote:

Xphyral wrote:WD40 is only gonna help if the problem is the lock barrel sticking.

If it's anything like my zxr's then the problem is key wear and their not quite pushing the lock pins into the right position. my 750 i can actually remove the key once i've turned it on

A problem often caused because people don't keep the barrel well-lubed by squirting slippy stuff down it occasionally!

A problem that isnt at all going to be solved by a touch of wd40 every now and then unless it's prior to putting the key in everytime over the course of the 17 years that the ignition has been on the bike.

WD40 is the wrong thing to use, teflon with some graphite in it is the proper solution to use, if oyu cant get hold of this, then some thicker grade oil used liberally in the barrell overy so often.