Medeco locks

[digitalsyborg]

the side bar on them is it possible to bypass them

[CitySpider]

Yes, it is possible. But I'd be surprised if there was anyone on these boards who knew how to do it. I know one person who did it once, and he admits that it was more luck than anything else.

If you want to pick a medeco, first, make sure you can pick EVERYTHING else out there, then lock yourself in a room for a year or two with nothing but picks and a medeco lock. And even if you did that, I'd only give you like a ten percent chance of getting it.

[marso]

This question was asked and answered yesterday. If you wish to regular this forum I would suggest you learn how to use the search tool above.

The answer is Yes, and as stated it is very very hard and you must be fantastic at picking.
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Please read about how medecos work on the following thread:
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Some discussion on how to pick/decode a medeco lock:
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[Chucklz]

Decoding a Medeco is another, more realistic opportunity than picking. From your post, I guess you want to know if oh say, drilling and applying pressure on the sidebar could be used as a picking advantage. Theoretically, it may, but practically, theres a ton of hard plate and anti drill pins in your way.

In some very very limited cases, on one specific application of a Medeco lock, it is possible to bypass the lock cylinder all together and open the door with a bent wire. Medeco has corrected the problem years ago.


You sound like a newbie, it will take you many many years before you could probably reasonably be able to even touch a medeco. I've been picking for 8 years now, and I still have yet to work up the courage to stick a pick into even a 3 pin medeco.

[digitalsyborg]

In some very very limited cases, on one specific application of a Medeco lock, it is possible to bypass the lock cylinder all together and open the door with a bent wire. Medeco has corrected the problem years ago.

please explain this

[Chucklz]

This is kind of a sensitive topic, due to the specifics to where it applies. On certain Adams-Rite aluminum doors, with a certain highly out dated Medeco lock (I dont know which model) you can insert a curved wire through the back of the cylinder, and engage the latch mechanism.

[digitalsyborg]

by the way i am a newbie been picking for a week and already did a deadbolt kwike set in about 5 now less then 2

[Chucklz]

Why such an interest in high security locks? Work your way up, extremely slowly.

[CitySpider]

Yeah, if you've only been picking a week, you've probably got at least five years, before you should even touch a Medeco. There're hundreds of locks between now and then. But that's a good thing -- progressing is the fun part.

[digitalsyborg]

your right but i had it lying in my house and took it apart seeing the side bar i woundered how to bypass it

[digitalsyborg]

on a medeco can i use it to practice if i remove the side bar and it will act like a regular 6 pin lock

[CitySpider]

Almost definitely not. The "almost" is just because I can't look at it.

Seriously, just put the thing in a drawer and leave it alone for a good five or ten years.