I was a snap on dealer for years and probably opened a thousand of these fore customers who lost there keys over the years and called me in a panic just use a 1/4 in drill and drill straight through the center of the lock the lever is held on the back of the lock buy a 1/4x20 screw and will fall off remove the lock buy a new one there cheap around $ 5.00 the locks are available from all the tool trucks and lock shops I think still have a box of new locks somewhere ......ted