Yale locks

by **Spamolishes** » 16 Oct 2003 17:58

does anyone have any experience with the yale lock company. the lock i want to pick is pretty old (about 10-20 years) any ideas? it is a standard 5 pin tumbler lock

by **Varjeal** » 16 Oct 2003 18:26

It should pick much the same as any other lock. Make sure you lubricate it well for best success.

by **Bitter Man** » 17 Oct 2003 8:56

If i recall correctly, yale pin tumblers have mushroom driver pins at the 2 and 4 positions. Not sure if that applies to old locks.

by **Varjeal** » 17 Oct 2003 10:07

Bitter Man: That may true as long as the lock hasn't been rekeyed or worked on before...

by **Spamolishes** » 17 Oct 2003 15:59

thanks

by **puck** » 25 Oct 2003 11:15

I bought a Yale deadbolt just to have around for practice, and I'm having a hell of a time picking it. It feels like I'm oversetting the pins, but could the problems just be coming from the mushroom drivers?

Suggestions?

by **sotsog** » 26 Oct 2003 5:03

Depends, yale locks have been around ages. I pick mine in the usual way, but the new ones are harder, some of thm are marketed as 'unpickable'. But i don't know how true that is

by **Varjeal** » 27 Oct 2003 9:58

With mushroom/spool/serrated pins, the skill of single-picking becomes that much more important. You can generally tell if there are spool pins if (while you are picking) the plug suddenly turns a smidge (that's a technical term btw

) and locks up solid.

Hope that helps.

by **P[]LYP** » 29 Oct 2003 17:13

one way of telling if the lock has mushroom pins in is say you think youve set the pin

but when all the pins u think are set the lock wont open you push up on the pins and if the top of the plug is caught on the lip of the mushroom pin and the driver (mushroom) is straighten by the pick (pushing up on keypin) the the lock with unrotate without being able to post a diagram you made need to have to visualize the lock.

by **puck** » 29 Oct 2003 17:24

Thank you, but remember, punctuation is your friend :wink:

by **Chubby** » 29 Oct 2003 18:47

Â¡No entiendo nada!, sorry P[]LYP I'm having problems visualizing your post let alone the lock, hombre I cut & pasted your message into my Reverso 5 Profesional translator,....................and it crashed!... :shock:

by **P[]LYP** » 29 Oct 2003 19:02

oops maybe my punctauation very bad

. The Mit guide has a diagram wooooow do u have it it explains the theory bettee there.

by **Chubby** » 29 Oct 2003 19:21

Sorry P[]LYP I didn't mean to offend you I was'nt criticizing your grammer I have problems with my own, I just have trouble with some of the words you are using, no problema, I'll take your advice and dust off my MIT guide.
Thanks..... :shock:

by **Varjeal** » 29 Oct 2003 19:31

This link references the MIT guide.

viewtopic.php?t=588

by **7922816251426433759354395** » 2 Nov 2003 21:52

No lock is unpickable. All you need is time and the right tools.

Although electronic locks (e.g. the locks on many hotel doors) and Medeco locks might take a LOT of time.

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