spot ballbearing on padlock with naked eye?

[Balleduk]

Howdy! can u see on the cuts of a shackle of a combination lock if its ball bearing or not? like do ball bearings have round cuts? and can you shim all padlocks thats not ball bearing as long as u can fit the shim?
thanks all!

[mseifert]

I believe that the Shackles used in a ball bearing type lock will have a half moon type of cut in them .. If the shackle is open you can also just look down in the hole and see whether there is a bearing there or not ..

I am not 100% sure on the shimming question because if I remember correctly there are some locks out there that are anti-shim

[ltdbjd]

I'm curious how many average consumer quality combination locks actually have ball bearings.

[Balleduk]

Is the yale 4 combination shimable? or the abus 158 combination or other abus locks?

[Squelchtone]

Is the yale 4 combination shimable? or the abus 158 combination or other abus locks?

Why do you care if all of these locks are shimmable?
I hope you're not trying to shim locker padlocks at your school.

Squelchtone

[LockPickViking]

I too believe shackles with half moon cuts are ballbearings

[kwoswalt99-]

I too believe shackles with half moon cuts are ballbearings

Most of the time, but not always. They are always unshimmable however.

[LockPickViking]

I too believe shackles with half moon cuts are ballbearings

Most of the time, but not always. They are always unshimmable however.

Jupp, thats right