My pick set...

[Yep...ImAn00b]

Yea I recently purchased a SouthOrd Pxs-14 and I've found that the tension wrenches don't fit in just about every lock I have. So, is it ok for me to just sand it down with a nail file or somethin. Also, I dont know if any of u have ever tried to put the vinyl sleeves on the picks, but they're a pain in the @$$.

[CitySpider]

Yea I recently purchased a SouthOrd Pxs-14 and I've found that the tension wrenches don't fit in just about every lock I have. So, is it ok for me to just sand it down with a nail file or somethin. Also, I dont know if any of u have ever tried to put the vinyl sleeves on the picks, but they're a pain in the @$$.

1) If they really don't fit in the locks, then sure, sand them down. I'd suggest you get a real file instead of a nail file, though.

2) Why don't they fit in the locks, and what the heck kind of tiny locks are you trying to pick here? I've very rarely seen locks into which the Southord wrenches won't fit.

3) I wouldn't bother with the sleeves. I mean, yeah, once they're on, they're on, but why put them on in the first place?

[Yep...ImAn00b]

My friend and I were tryin to pick his dad's Uhaul lock,and a couple of my master locks and the wrenches wuldnt fit, but im filin em down now and like 2 of em fit. Yea, I already burned like 4 of the sleeves, so yea...

[Darek84CJ]

To get the sleeves on, heat them up quickly and slightly with a hair dryer until you notice the rubber has gotten slightly softer. Quickly slip onto picks.

[Yep...ImAn00b]

thanx ill try that with my last 2

[Luke]

When i used them yonks ago i put them in hot water.

[plot]

are you sure you're putting your tension wrench in right? .... still don't see how it'd be too big unless it was a tiny tiny master lock, but then none of the picks would fit in either...

[archiebald]

There is more than one way to put a tension wrench in a lock.

[SwitchBladeComb]

I think you might be trying to stick the wrench in the bottom extreme of the lock so that the shank of the wrench is parallel to the keyhole. Generally, with the sourthord wrenches, ure supposed to insert them so that theyre perpandicular to the keyhole and apply tension that way.

[technik]

Generally, with the sourthord wrenches, ure supposed to insert them so that theyre perpandicular to the keyhole and apply tension that way.

I disagree, to put them in perpendicular to the keyhole, you must have the exact width of the tension as the keyhole, which is not the case. If this were, you would need 1000's of tension wrenches to accomadate the different widths of different keyholes on different locks. I have always put mine in parallel to the keyway, which allows me to use the same tension wrench for many different types of locks.

[SwitchBladeComb]

Its never exactly perpandicular, its always a few degrees more than ninety, but believe me, that is the most common way to use SouthOrd wrenches. Perhaps I'm describing it unclearly: the way I mean is the keywhole would be a straight line running between 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock and the wrench would be a little past 3 o'clock.

[technik]

yeh, thats wat i mean (the o'clocks)

[karl]

is that 14 piece set any good?i was thinking about getting it.is it worth the money?the best thing to use to file them down would probably be a grinder.

[theRODabides]

hey, I worked at a bike shop and i found to put tight rubber on metal, use hairspray. It is slippery at first but when it dries, i will never come off. Good for pick grips and handlebar grips on bikes...or any other metal object you want....rubber.....on..........::confused::

[Chucklz]

Another vote for examine your tension tool technique. I have used Peterson wrenches (far wider than SO) on locks with much narrower, tighter keyways than anything Master puts out. Frankly, there is no way your SO tension tools "dont fit", you just havent discovered how yet.