Wondering if...

by **undeadspacehippie** » 7 Jun 2006 23:09

I was reading the post on WD40 that another member made and it started me thinking of when I was working in the gaming industry and there were certain components and machines that we could not use certain chemicals on (alot of LED's and lenses (sp) we used were super-sensitive to certain types of solvents and even canned air - due to cooling effect, it would crack or fog up the lens - making it next to impossible for the laser reader to read the color codes or to read bills and coins proporly). I have a few locks in which the cores are part brass and part plastic (like a white nylon and another is a more harder vulcanized rubber type of plastic). Are there any components in locks (handles and such too I guess) that would be affected by the wrong type of solvents and oils?

by **digital_blue** » 7 Jun 2006 23:46

As a general rule, solvents and plastic don't do so well together. What kind of locks are these though? The only locks I can think of in my collection with any plastic parts are cheap... cheap... cheap wafer locks. The kind that one could pick open with, say, a banana.

db

by **raimundo** » 8 Jun 2006 8:07

they used white nylon cores on some old taylor brand locks, if memory serves, never drilled one, wonder what a crack lighter would do to one, probably mess it up good.

by **illusion** » 8 Jun 2006 9:03

The cylinder inside a laminated padlock I own is made of a rubbery type of plastic. White spirit diluted with water did the job and didn't melt anything.

Of course this left me with a worry that simply turning the plug hard would likey tear apart the housing easily. The brand was 'Bluespot' if memory serves.

by **undeadspacehippie** » 8 Jun 2006 11:39

Wow I have no idea how i made the topic "Wondering if.." I thought i typed more than that - I beileive I called it solvents or something. anyways.

Not sure what kind of locks these are from, they are great to practice with, the cap on top slides off nice and easy, allows me to utilize the DB single pin picking guide method. I'm up to 4 and 5 pins now on the two particular locks. i have a third (white nylon) that needs cleaning and I don't want to mess it up.

Also just curious just in case I have fix some of the locks around the house or on work sites.

by **Jryanruch** » 8 Jun 2006 12:03

They also use white nylon cylinders in toyotas. I shudder at the thought of owning one of those.

by **maxxed** » 9 Jun 2006 2:59

I believe the locks that undeadspacehippie has are Weiser A501 that have a nylon housing. I clean these types of locks with a citrus degreaser/ cleaner.

by **undeadspacehippie** » 12 Jun 2006 12:34

Jryanruch wrote:They also use white nylon cylinders in toyotas. I shudder at the thought of owning one of those.

Toyotas? really, wow I had one until the divorce. Best car I have ever driven. After learning how to work locks and such though, the illusion of locks and security they offer does not bother me anymore. It did for a bit, I got kinda paranoid about things.

Most of my car break in's (not me personally, my vehicles) have been done via spark plug and fishline.

by **p1ckf1sh** » 12 Jun 2006 13:43

undeadspacehippie wrote:Most of my car break in's (not me personally, my vehicles) have been done via spark plug and fishline.

Spark plug? That's an engine part, if my english is not failing me. What happened? Did they crawl in through the spark plug hole, into the combustion chamber, through the injection system into the gasoline tank and from there drilled a hole to get into the passenger cabin from below?

Seriously, I never heard of spark plugs used in car break-ins.

by **illusion** » 12 Jun 2006 14:56

The ceramic coating of spark plugs breaks glass fairly quietly - I know of it being used to break car windows without causing too much noise.

I guess there may be another use though.

by **n2oah** » 12 Jun 2006 15:12

The spacers in this La Gard 2200 are made out of some type of plastic, so even higher security locks have plastic parts.

by **p1ckf1sh** » 12 Jun 2006 15:24

illusion wrote:The ceramic coating of spark plugs breaks glass fairly quietly - I know of it being used to break car windows without causing too much noise.

Oh, alright. That makes sense. The kids around here use emergency hammers stolen from public buses for that. Like this one.

by **n2oah** » 12 Jun 2006 15:40

It is said that using porcelain from a spark plug makes the shattering silent. I'm not sure if that's true or not.

by **undeadspacehippie** » 12 Jun 2006 20:13

My bedroom window was right over the driveway, well lit, and I did not hear a thing. I only noticed the next day when I went to get in the car noticed the rear right window missing, the front passenger door lock up, the stearing column stripped, the radio almost gone. Incompetancy drives me nuts. I had almost 2500.00$ in damages. I paid the first 500.00. There were peices of porcelein (sp) in the driveway after that, the investigating police officer told me how they did it. Thats what I get for owning a dodge shadow during that time - they were no longer making them, i bought one of the last off the line and it was highly sought after for parts.

The bus hammer, wow - how ingenuitive of our youth today.

by **Mutzy** » 13 Jun 2006 1:45

Jryanruch wrote:They also use white nylon cylinders in toyotas. I shudder at the thought of owning one of those.

What type of toyotas? and what locks?
I get stacks of toyota jobs at work, and i've never seen them with plastic parts, except for the central locking hub, which i have never seen fail.

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