D Lock won't unlock !

[sheddy]

Bit of a bugger, my D Lock threaded through the bike frame and won't bluddy unlock.
But then again, lucky that It happened before the bike was actually locked to anything !

 

[Fnaar]

Had that happen on hols once, with bike locked to front bumper of hired campervan, overnight on a damp night... a bit of 3in1 cured it.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

It might be frozen. Warm it up a bit and persevere, I wouldn't go for the angle grinder yet... try a hot water bottle.

 

[Globalti]

Almost certainly moisture in the lock has frozen. Warm it up.

 

[Night Train]

The other thing is to give it a bash with a hammer.
That can loosen any ice, corrosion or grit inside and allow it to be unlocked.

 

[Arch]

The padlocks on our compound and shipping container lockups are often frozen this time of year - I always mean to carry a lighter so that I can get the compound open, but forget and end up with a hand clamped round it, trying to warm it up.

Once in, of course, we can boil the kettle to deal with the lockup padlocks.

 

[Black Sheep]

My dad used to use a blowtorch to warm the car locks up.

My lock used to do this from time to time, squirting some finishline cross country wet lube in it sorted it out.

 

[sheddy]

Well no amount of warming, bashing and swearing did anything, so it was cut in 2.
On further investigation the link connecting the key to the bolt had come adrift, I'm just glad it happened when it did