my great grandfather recently passed away and i found an old trunk of his and it has a masterbrand padlock it looks relitivly new prolly within the last 10 years could someone tell me how to pick the lock?
2006-09-16 16:13:36 · 8 answers · asked by packerbacker43080 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
If you don't care about the lock, get a crow bar and you can probably pop it off. Otherwise, take it to a locksmith.
2006-09-16 16:15:36 · answer #1 · answered by just♪wondering 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it is the cheap lock that both sides of the key look alike........Just take a paper clip and un do it ......now bend it in half so is about 1/4 inch wide or same width as smaller end loop was. Now about 1/2 inch up, bend both ends out 90 degrees so you can turn it. Now put the rounded end in the lock and start turning the paper clip using the 1/2 inch ends to do this with. Turn clockwise and you will notice it is winding up on the bottom. Continue doing this till it goes inside the lock toward the bottom. If all works it will open the lock before it becomes stripped and the paper clip just around and around in the lock ...See....only the bottom part of the key actually opens the lock. As it winds around and gets smaller the top part will spin and the very bottom part will open the lock.
Now if it is the better Master lock there should be numbers in black ink on the bottom. just write them down and a locksmith can make it from that number.
Better Master locks can be picked with two lock picks but if it has 5 tumblers they are much harder to do.
Do a Google search for lock picking.
2006-09-16 23:34:46 · answer #2 · answered by xtrapr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About two feet of dental floss, wrap it around the knob hold on to each end and pull it back and forth really fast ! But take the tension off the lock first (have someone hold it) That will usually pop it open !
2006-09-16 23:19:53 · answer #3 · answered by g_man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a pair of "bolt-cutters" from a tool rental, remove the lock that way.
2006-09-17 10:56:26 · answer #4 · answered by arrow_head72002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't go through the trouble of picking the lock. just buy/borrow some bolt cutters and cut it off. you'll be done in 5 seconds.
2006-09-16 23:21:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just poke around his house, basement, garage and look for the key. Otherwise, you might have to use a hacksaw or one of those big nippers/wire cutters to cut it.
2006-09-16 23:17:18 · answer #6 · answered by Darby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it to a locksmith
2006-09-16 23:14:51 · answer #7 · answered by Sydney 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hacksaw or bolt cutters
2006-09-16 23:14:52 · answer #8 · answered by BrokenRomeo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋