Help my key got stuck in my lock

I was cleaning my handcuffs and making sure they worked right and the key got stuck can somebody help me


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Try depressing the pawl from underneath and seeing if that makes it easier to turn the key without breaking the flag off.

It still won’t turn all the way


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Very very very gently rock it back and forth, and try tapping the edge of the lock case with your bare hand. Easy does it though


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Some cuffs will allow you to punch the pin in further into the front and into the key.
Then you might have some wiggle room to get the key out.
If the well is not drilled long enough, you may need to cut the key in half and sacrifice it.
If successful, the pin can be press fitted back into position.

You could try flooding the lock with WD 40. Make sure you use the key that comes with the cuff, even regular keys can sometimes be way different in size.

Sacrifice the key,  Turn it so the bit is forced again the pawls and not the double lock bar. Put a bar thru the key head for leverage.

Re Ian's suggestion just above. Ian, when you say sacrifice the key do you mean that you apply so much pressure that the flag breaks off? And then we try with a new key?
Mike

New Town wrote: ↑

May 26, 2020

Re Ian's suggestion just above. Ian, when you say sacrifice the key do you mean that you apply so much pressure that the flag breaks off? And then we try with a new key?
Mike

I can only assume that there is a variation in the size of the flag or bit of the key (key doesn't match the cuff brand) and it has nudged past either the pawl (on lifting it) or past the double lock ( in the direction of disengaging) and is now trapped between the double lock bar and the pawl.  It might be possible to do as Glenn suggested and push the pawl further inward and try to remove the keys, BUT as the key is going to be turning in the direction which will return the pawl to it normal position, the force to hold it up has to be great than what is needed to turn the key.       For the key to have jumped past the mechanism in either direction in the first place,  the height of the key must be have been close to minimum height to have done it under finger pressure. It's only the " angle or the dangle" (that is not the technical term) that is stopping it from being retrieved. So in answer to your question, the key will not be broken (or shouldn't need to be broken) in forceable turning it but just disfigure the tip of the flag as it rubs past the mechanism. (the above not proof read as it's late here)

Re Ian's instructions. So in the picture, is the person going to turn the key with force in a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction?

New Town wrote: ↑

May 27, 2020

Re Ian's instructions. So in the picture, is the person going to turn the key with force in a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction?

The flag of the key has slipped past the pawl at this point and is now stuck between the backside of the pawl and the double lock bar. Double lock bar being towards the bottom of the cuffs. So, you would be turning the key back, counter-clockwise, to try to push it past the pawl. The opposite motion of what caused the situation to happen, in the first place.
-Richard Knip-

anti-clockwise

been 3 days, is the key out?

gently adjust a vise-grip to the head of the key just enough so it does not slip the added  grip will make the key turn I know it sounds ridiculous but it works !

LK D~D