Snapped Key

[Jorrs]

hey guys my key just snapped in half in ignition barrel, anyone no how to get it out ?

[Draven]

oops!
Ultra-thin needle nosed pliers could work.
otherwise 2 skewers or something similar...
depends how exactly your key fits the barrel
in my ma61 supra, you could probably use a phillips head screwdriver to get it out. on an AU falco... probably a locksmith

[Jorrs]

mmmmmmmmmm its in an st162, ill c how bout pliers or screwdriver, looks pretty damn thin but, also dun wanna screw the barrel up

[mic*]

If its not twisted, put the tiniest bit of 5min super glue on the broken off piece. The rest is obvious, but be cautious. I probly wouldn do it if there is only a lil of key left in the barrel...

[Draven]

a screwdriver probably wont work, you need something smaller, along the lines of coat-hanger wire but stronger. (hence my skewer suggestion)

superglue would also work, but I'd only do that if you were 100% sure you weren't going to glue the key to the barrel

[Jorrs]

yeh its only the end piece of the key, im in process of takin apart the plastic around the barrel and removing the barrel, anyone have any tips of removing the barrel ?

[Jorrs]

anyone ? seems be pretty straightforward, then i guess have to take barrel down to locksmith

[Cuzzo]

is there any part of the key exposed at all? if so drill a hole through the exposed bit and use a piece of wire, thread it through then pull it out.

[HAVABEER]

get a really strong magnet....like a HDD one. or arent key's magnetic?

[mrshin]

or arent key's magnetic?

Depends if you got it cut by Mr. Minit - he seems to use keys made out of the same stuff he puts shoes together with...

[Bahnugget]

nasty, ST162 ignition barrells are totally not easy to get into, my advice would be to get a long flat piece of metal, shove it in there and then try and lever and slide the piece of key out

[Jorrs]

none of the key is exposed and its only a bit of it and its real deep in, no room to move with it, nothin is gettin it out, so have taken apart the surrounding the barrel and morrow gonna try take barrewl out,

[Bahnugget]

basically the barrell is attached to the steering column from the factory with a bunch of screws which heads snap off on purpose, theonly way to remove it is to drill those bolts out (at least thats what my manual said) and even then, we couldn't disassemble the barrell, i'd be trying alternative means (like the stuff suggested here) before you even TRY to get the barrell out

[sw20r]

Rang a locksmith?

Half my key on my SW20 got lost too.. Lol ill try solve it once I get the car back

[Jorrs]

ive been told i will not be able to remove the barrel unless i can turn the car ova to ACC, as there is a lock pin in place that locks the barrel in, and i cannot turn the key ova, so might be leavin it to locksmith