my car trunk lock wont work because it's filled with road salt
(calcium)
2007-08-14 08:41:39 · 11 answers · asked by Marcel P 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Well, just saw the question. If ya ain't got it by now, you might have found out that wd-40 doesn't cut calcium, and neither does penetrating oil. Muriatic acid works well on calcium, but it akso damages parts. The best thing I've found for this problem is white vinegar. If you can get the lock out, soak it for a few hours in the vinegar. If it's too hard to remove, use a syringe and squirt vinegar into the lock and let it sit, then do it again every 20 to 30 minutes for about 3 or 4 hours. Then add a few drops of machine oil to the lock to lubricate it. Penetrating oil is not a good lubricant, it is too thin. WD-40 is not even a lubricant, the WD in WD-40 stands for "Water Displacent". Vinegar is your best bet in this situation, as it dissolves the calcium.
2007-08-22 06:54:33 · answer #1 · answered by Dondi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will discover rust stain remover interior the laundry area of your food market. Smallish brown squeeze bottle approximately 6-inches tall. it incredibly is oxalic acid suspended in a liquid. Squirt some on, and scrub with a twine brush. Naval jelly additionally works properly, as earlier pronounced.
2016-12-15 15:10:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spray WD40 in the lock or Liquid wrench.
2007-08-14 09:10:02 · answer #3 · answered by Gerald 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spray some coca cola up there and let it eat it up then fresh water to get the crap out . After it's all cleaned up just put some bearing or lithium greese in there and that will keep corrosion out.
2007-08-21 12:31:35 · answer #4 · answered by Christopher W 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You CRC a product you can buy at any hardware store.Then lubricate it with a white lithium grease which can be found at some hardware stores or boat stores i.e. Boaters World.
2007-08-22 07:40:02 · answer #5 · answered by rockyb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a product sold in home cleaning section called CLR
Calcium Lime Rust. It comes in a gray container.Try that to clean it up then follow up with WD-40 to lubricate it.
2007-08-21 08:46:56 · answer #6 · answered by wade f 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that stinks, try using a wd 40 or pb lubricant, spray the key and get insert it back in forth many times to get the tumblers moving again
2007-08-20 14:58:20 · answer #7 · answered by joe s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put baking soda and water on it. That should help eat away at the corrosion.
2007-08-22 07:21:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liquid wrench is better than wd40 on somethings like this for example
2007-08-18 22:02:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anderson Family 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
spray a light oil like CRC into the lock.......
2007-08-22 05:48:07 · answer #10 · answered by maur911 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋