Cylinder Plug Upside Down & Jammed Half Way - Help Pleas

[Tozzy]

Hi everyone,

Just wondered if you could tell me what happened to my 5 pin tumbler cylinder (3M). After successfully picking it, I turned the plug clockwise and now will no longer turn. It doesn't matter if it's destroyed as it was only £3 from Bulgaria . Just don't understand what happened. Is this a common problem after picking cylinders? By the way, the pins are still set, so it's not even as though I could try to pick them to put it back into its original position . I can't even turn it with the key as it won't enter the keyhole.

Any explanations as to why this would happen will be much appreciated.

Thanks.

P.S. Sorry for the red bloody looking text. Overwrote original file accidently with bad JPG compression.

[jordyh]

Hello,

This is a very common thing.
What happened:
-the driver pins got into the top of the keyway and are jamming rotation.
What do you do about it:
-insert a flat end of a pick to push them down while trying to rotate the plug.

Happy picking

[unbreakable]

The top pins have entered into the bottom of the keyway.

Using a flat pick, push down in the bottom of the keyway, and turn

That should be it.

[Wrenchman]

Call a Locksmith J/K

What jordyh and unbreakable said!



Wrenchman

[Tozzy]

It worked. Thanks guys; I feel silly now .

[jordyh]

It worked. Thanks guys; I feel silly now .

No problem, we all feel silly the first time this happens.
Just stick around and keep learning.

[Tozzy]

Call a Locksmith J/K

hehe . I am a locksmith .. well, a very inexperienced locksmith .

Just stick around and keep learning.

Thanks. Yep I will certainly stick around . There are locks to be picked and I'm gonna pick 'em .

[Raccoon]

Just be careful about touting that you're a locksmith in the UK on these forums. The more experienced locksmiths here are always looking for an excuse to bash inexperienced locksmiths because there's an over saturation of lockies in the UK who don't know what they're doing.

[parapilot]

I think it was a joke. No locksmith would make that mistake. it happens to people picking their first locks.

Unless his pick is a drill.

[jordyh]

"Insert your rotary pick to push down the mutilated driver pins..."

Yeah, i can see it now.

[burchlockkey]

I think it was a joke. No locksmith would make that mistake. it happens to people picking their first locks.

Unless his pick is a drill.

I don't know any locksmith that has not done this. It should be a part of their training.

[Tozzy]

I think it was a joke.

I was joking . It will take years for me to become a locksmith.

[UNFORGIVEN]

DRILL IT MWHAAAAAAAAAA
AND IF THAT FAILS SNAP IT IN HALF

what happened there ? anyway what was i saying yer try picking it open

regards

[Tozzy]

what happened there ?

lol I was picking it, took me 1 second funnily enough; must have been a flukey attempt, turned the plug and then it got jammed. Anyway, I got my tension wrech (as it has straight edge) and pushed the driver pins down and it worked.

Thanks again everyone.