pin set order

[xir]

hello all. i've been at this for only a couple weeks now so excuse me if this is an easy question but.. do the pins on a particular lock always set in the same order? if i am spp'ing my master 17 and one time picking it, the first pin is the last one to bind before the lock opens, will it always be the last one? does the direction that i am turning the torque wrench in make a difference?

[freakparade3]

The same lock will have the same binding order each time.

[Eyes_Only]

If you swap around the bottom AND top pins too when re-pinning it'll change the binding order a whole lot more.

[bumber]

does the direction that i am turning the torque wrench in make a difference?

ya the binding order will be different...it wont be exactly reversed but it WILL be different. like this is a crappy example but this is the order it would bind turnin one way and the number on the right is if it was turned the other way.

...4|2
..2|3
.1|5
....5|1
...3|4

[maxxed]

should also mention that 2 locks keyed to the same key will also decode in a different order due to differences in the manufaturing tolerances

[maintenanceguy]

The binding order is the same all the time if you're doing things the same.

However, if you move the position of the tension wrench from top of the key way to the bottom or vice versa, this will sometimes move the plug a little differently and change the binding order.