ASSA Cylinders

[poky13]

Hi guys
I Got some ASSA cylinders from my son in law, They are all seven pin and no security pins, they are keyed for master keys. How many of you have had luck with them? I have Bumped a few of them but can't seem to pick any. Some are round & some are oblong. I have some pictures of them but done know how to send them.

[Shrub]

If they are master keyed they will be quite easy to pick especially if they have no spool pins although i thought they should have,

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[poky13]

I have looked at your stuff & I like it and read most of it. I have picked alot of masters,shrage,Quikset, These locks have some long pin in the back that I have tryed to get around with no luck.

[Shrub]

Ah ok its hard to know how much someone knows sometimes lol

Hmm, does the pin come along the bottom of the keyway and have a point on the end and the key has a hole down the edge?

Or is it a pin in the side near the bottom of the keyway?

Have you tried pressing it in until the plug turns a bit and then try picking the lock?

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Where in the world are you?

[pauly003]

The only ASSA I have seen was a KIK. It had INSANE spring pressure, which made too difficult to pick. Plus it had a bunch of finger pins, which doesn't help.

[arris]

hmm i have a ruko cylinder, wich is basically same tbh, an havent had any luck altho im not very good at picking at all,

also im not sure if myne has spools in,

and btw some will be euro i guess and the oblong ones im guessing are oval

rick

[JackNco]

I just got a 5pin Ruke in the post. the thinkg with Assa and Ruko (well the ones ive picked) are they have loads of spools.

[horsefeathers]

I took apart a ruko oval cylinder last week and it had all 5 spools. They were like standard top pins in shape but with two or even three thin 'rings' cut into them, rather than looking like typical yale spools.

Nasty!

regards

[Shrub]

Ive got pics of a Ruko ive got on site if you look around for them, they are good locks to pick,

[poky13]

This cylinders I have are older ones. They have the plain keyway, no side pins like the new one have. But I tuck one a part today and it had top pins with points, so some of them have security pins. I also raked open one today with a snake. I'm still got alot to learn Thanks guys.

[poky13]

Here are some images

[arris]

looks very nice,

very neatly layed out an good pics,

i want to get some pictures, of my locks, im off next week so ill prolly spend abit of time doing it then if im not too drunk..

[zeke79]

It appears to me to be the SCD lock with all of the security pins removed. Are the pin holes in the plug counter bored? What I mean is, can you look into the holes and see a ring that is machined wider than the standard pin holes? This lock should be so full of security pins that it is not even funny. Check out Han Fey's cutaway article on Toool's site for a cutaway view of this lock and how it should be pinned. If it is in fact the 7 pin scd, it is a real shame someone would ruin the lock by putting in sub par universal pins and not using proper Assa pins for the lock.

[poky13]

I have about 9 or 10 of both the round ones and the ablong ones. Like some one said these have long springs. The one round one in the picture has the pointed upper pins, these cam out of a retirement home they replaced all the locks.