Simple yes or no question

[samfishers]

yeah it does
but i still got plenty of quastions

like does all combination locks have a springed ball to keep them close, cause i dont think so. I have opened a combo lock, like to see the inside. and no, there is no spring or things like taht, so that one could'nt be opened right?

[Jaakko]

like does all combination locks have a springed ball to keep them close, cause i dont think so.

Yes you are right about that. If I remember correct, Master combination padlocks are springloaded ans thus are shimmable and Dudley combination padlocks do not have a spring, so they are not shimmable.

I have opened a combo lock, like to see the inside. and no, there is no spring or things like taht, so that one could'nt be opened right?

If it is a Dudley, you are right. I don't know any combination locks other than Master and Dudley, because they are very rare here in Finland

[samfishers]

yep it was a duley and i found out that i couldnt.

question : does anyone have ever tried the master#140 its giving me the bad words. (i didnt picked it yet)

i think they are mushrooms pins.

question2 : at my school, the school gives us combo locks to lock our locker, they are almost all dudleys and there is a little pin tumbler lock at the back and i still don'tt get it, is it for opening it in case you dont remeber your combo?:?:

[samfishers]

can i open a padlock to repin it, to remove the security pins and replace them for normal(so exasperated by the master140)

[raimundo]

laminated padlocks cannot be dissasembled non distructively, other padlocks can be dissasembled, if you see a drillbreaker shield on the bottomof the lock, with a nub end of a pin under the area where the shackle closes, (this also shows which side is the open end of the shackle) then you want to open the lock and look down into the hole where the open end of the shackle came out) if you see anything like a phillips head screw of an allen head, that is the dissasembly point,
don't expect to find this dissasembly point on cheap padlocks, most of them can only be dissasembled distructively.

[samfishers]

oh ok is it like a little hole near the key enrance?

[DaveAG]

No, that will be for draining water from the lock.

Typically a rekeyable padlock will have the core held in with a screw. The head of this screw will be at the bottom of the large hole in which the shackle normally goes.

It would take a very foolish manufacturer to make a lock that can be non-destructively be rekeyed whilst closed as then to open the lock you simply rekey it to a key you have.

If you have a solid brass padlock you can rekey it, but only by damaging the lock. You drill out the top of the pin stacks, replace the pins, and then reseal with small screws. This completely destroys any security the padlock may have, but feels the same to pick or key, and can be used to rekey the lock.

[hellbent1979]

no