Loss of spring tension on key pin?
Hey; I know I've been quiet but I'm still working on that damn Yale door lock. I've noticed that when I pick some of the pins, pin 1 (closest to keyway) sometimes completely loses all spring tension from the keypin; you can just bounce it around and it seems like gravity is the only force acting on it. Now, the keyway (for me at least) is very narrow and akward to work with as is; I need to turn the pick round a bend to get any access at all and I'm finding it very difficult to hit one pin without hitting others, so it's totally possible that I'm overpicking something. The bidding doesn't help with this, either; pin 1 is by far the longest keypin and definitely doesn't bind up first; I'm 90% sure it's 3, the shortest one. Just wondering what a loss in tension like this is indicative of; I know there's spools in here and I'm just trying to get a better idea of what's going on inside. Any other advice with this (other than 'keep trying', because I intend to ) would be greatly appreciated.