American Padlocks

by **Andyv** » 4 Sep 2005 20:48

I've been picking locks for months now. How come I can't pick any American Padlocks. I've tried all types of picking and just don't have any success. Can anyone help?

by **n2oah** » 5 Sep 2005 0:06

Security pins, hard combinations, etc.

SEARCH! :roll:

by **vector40** » 5 Sep 2005 17:32

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by **n2oah** » 5 Sep 2005 17:58

That still isn't an excuse to not use the search feature :roll:

by **vector40** » 5 Sep 2005 19:44

That's true. But I don't seem to be reaching you here.

by **sublime progie** » 5 Sep 2005 20:18

I got it I got it!!!!

Ahem.........American locks are often difficult because if the cut in the key is greater than a 2 (the deeper the cut in a key the higher the number) they use a serated bottom AND top pin. This makes it very hard to tell when you are at the driver pin or the key pin because they feel the same. Also, American padlocks are fond of throwing a high to low to high again cut pattern (at least that is what mine is) this makes it difficult to reach the back and also to keep from false setting.

I hope this answers your question, but if not, try searching on this site for american if you look for more than one work, a phrase, click the bubble that says search for all items.