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Jul 5, 2015 | 06:46 PM

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KDW4Him

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From: Alma, MI

Re: Sticky Key help please

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Originally Posted by americanretrodave

I don't see how you can say it's not the tumbler, on my '04 I went the route you suggested, it did not fix my problem, it WAS the tumbler. After removing the pin and spring and still not having my key turn, I took the switch to a local locksmith and he reaffirmed the same. My tumbler was allowing the key to go into too far and consequently, it would not turn. Maybe the column lock fixed your problem, but that doesn't make it an all-inclusive fix. If the tumbler is worn out, you can fix the column lock all day and it won't fix the problem.

Dave

I said it may not be the tumbler to the OP, not yours. You must be in the very small minority that have tumbler problems but the overwhelming majority are the locking pin. By what the OP said the sanding of the key may have caused the key/tumbler issue so they might still have the locking pin issue and we don't know yet since they have not returned to post what they found.

When it comes to trouble shooting go for the most common first. I don't recall seeing one post saying after doing the pin removal a few thousand miles later the tumblers are now bad.

I still don't recommend getting non VIN specific tumblers for the ignition as this will force you to a locksmith every time. VIN specific tumblers allow a Needswings replacement FOB to work.

Could you have taken the new key cut and put it in your original FOB to make things simpler than transferring all the guts to a new housing?

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