Yale locks

by **davehill** » 17 Jan 2004 19:16

if its any help , the five pin yale i have just made into my pracitce lock had spool pins on pin two and four

by **Quin** » 17 Jan 2004 20:17

Well I can confirm tonight that they are very possible as I saw it with my own eyes (after trying all week I had no success but I only my friends spares which are too large to try it properly until mine arrive).

A friend came over tonight and we swapped locks to play with. All my locks are mounted on wood because I wanted to train as if it was the real thing.

When he got to the Yale I just let out a chuckle as he's only been doing it a week. Using reverse pick method he opened it in 10 seconds. I just laughed and said pure luck, he won't do it again. 15 seconds later he said "unlocked". I stopped laughing

Just to shut me up even further 10 seconds after that he said "unlocked".

At this point I put a film on and told him to shut up and leave me alone

The Yale was a brand new 5 pin with 2 mushrooms

by **Greg** » 28 Jan 2004 10:51

Do all 5 pin tumbler yale locks have spool or mushroom pins?
My latest lock is a level 4 (General Security) 5 pin yale tumber. The one with lots of metal plates stuck together with bolts holding them together top and bottom.
And a black binding around the bottom of it with 'Yale' written on it in gold.

Took me a bit to get used to but I can consistently open it in about 1 minute now.
Some pins seem like they need some care... was wondering if thats cos of modified drivers perhaps...

by **CuMsCrOtE** » 29 Jan 2004 17:20

Hi Guy's, i too have problems picking "YALE" cylinders, Do you think using an electric pick gun will make light work of it?? Also, if the cyliner is upside down in the keyway, does it make any difference to the picking??

by **rocklobster** » 4 Feb 2004 16:47

Hi guys,
I brought this yale about a week ago and as you can see it has those dang nasty spools us beginers have difficulty with.I took it apart and set it up with just 3 pins one of which is a spool,It still is quite tricky though so practice is the "key"!

by **Mad Mick** » 4 Feb 2004 19:09

Nice pic rocklobster, what did you take it with?

by **rocklobster** » 4 Feb 2004 20:14

well madmick,

forget your $800 nikon it wont macro as good as a plain ole lexmark X75 printer! @600dpi

by **Chucklz** » 29 Mar 2004 12:56

Lets reason through this.

1.) You have a Yale combination lock, this thread is about Yale PIN TUMBLER LOCKS
2.) You don't know what to do
3.) You almost definately don't have the right tools to do anything productive
4.) If it was easy to open, it wouldn't be a safe, right?

Conclusion: Professional Assistance Required.

by **toomush2drink** » 12 Apr 2004 14:48

Yales arent they fun ? Those spools still defeat me with a manual pick, i have stripped it down and reinserted the pins one by one and can pick it with 4 pins but i add the last and its ARRRRRRRRGH so hard. The electric pick gun can do it in about 2 seconds !!
Conclusion - im going to stick a battery up my a*** and see if that helps LOL
toomush

by **Chucklz** » 12 Apr 2004 15:18

Wow, a deleted post or two and I dont even know what I was talking about!. I have to chime in here on a new padlock I was just given. Yale... wafer padlock. I've seen them before, but never got to play. Well, I must say, definately a piece of cake, no sidebar, etc.

by **quicklocks** » 15 Apr 2004 2:40

i striped a couple of yale's i had and also found spool pins on 2 and 4 this seems to be standard practice now. reverse picking seems to open them best. but thats just me.

by **Daniel** » 15 Apr 2004 17:50

Started picking a few hours ago, My pick i made doesnt have any shape i broke it on the grinder, does the bump help much?

Where do i put the wrench i made an allen key into one but i havent seen a pic anywhere which shows how to engage it.

Im using a yale i only getting 3 clicks when i releaae the torque, 4 once. this threaf just explain why

by **Quin** » 16 Apr 2004 0:27

Yales become easier and easier the more you practise.

When you reach the point where you hear yourself saying "That just false set, keep going" you know you'll pick them easy.

by **Luke** » 16 Apr 2004 1:12

Just a notice to those who dont know, this makes no diff to picking what so ever, just thought i might add this bit of info. Yales often use big bottom pins a small drivers including the spools/shrooms.

by **David_Parker** » 16 Apr 2004 1:26

So odd. I don't have any experience with Yale locks whatsoever. They don't seem to be very common down here in Dallas.

...I wonder if J.R. had Yale locks....

-Dave.

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