Rickthepick wrote:i opened one up a few weeks ago that was damaged its a 5 pin 4 are mushroom pins and one is a pin you can overlift into false set (not sure what the correct term is)
problem is once you have more than one pin falsely set its very difficult to lift out. theyre really good mushroom pins with not much play in the bores
Hmm, 4 mushrooms and a spooled key pin aswell! Sounds like a fun little lock, no wonder you're having trouble with it... I really hate mushrooms, a couple of my abus padlocks have those and they're a real nightmare compared to spools. I guess in an actual cylinder there's more room to work with though, so they might not be too bad. Just keep at it!
I imagine you'll need really good SPP skills to crack this one. Because of that key pin you'll need to manipulate them all individually - and carefully - while paying close attention to what's happening in there. If a pin goes into false, then goes out of false again without that familiar click or the rotation you should be getting, that's the key pin you need to be careful not to overset. Reduce tension till it resets, work on the other pins and lift that one gently when you come to it, obviously making sure not to lift it *too* high. Hopefully the lip on that key pin is big enough to give you some margin for error... and if you get a bit flustered, just be thankful there's only one of them in there!
If the feedback is a bit lackluster and you're not having much luck with SPP, just scrub it open. Providing the bitting isn't too crazy it should pop open pretty easily like that, regardless of what kind of pins are in there. Oh, and don't forget to pick it in both directions. I have a few locks here which are next to impossible to pick clockwise... report back if you get it open! Would love to see it gutted.
