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Is it supposed to be this easy to pick a Medeco Original?
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Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:14 pmby ChemicalRobot
So, I received my first Medeco classic/original/whatever cylinder today. After taking it apart, everything seemed normal. I found it very interesting to compare it to my Biaxial locks (the key cuts, especially). One thing that concerns me, however, is that I can pretty much pick it like a normal cylinder and the sidebar doesn't really come in to play. This doesn't seem normal. Does anybody have any suggestions on this?
Re: Is it supposed to be this easy to pick a Medeco Original
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Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:19 pmby Farmerfreak
I would take a guess that all or most of the pins are the same angle. And that angle is likely to be the center one because the original center pins didn't have a false gate.
Re: Is it supposed to be this easy to pick a Medeco Original
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Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:20 pmby the lockpickkid
is the sidebar installed? I also think I read somewhere that the sidebar can be installed upside down and won't be effective, but I don't know if this is true or not.
Re: Is it supposed to be this easy to pick a Medeco Original
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Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:24 pmby ChemicalRobot
Farmerfreak wrote:I would take a guess that all or most of the pins are the same angle. And that angle is likely to be the center one because the original center pins didn't have a false gate.
I think you're correct. I just looked at it again and found it to be:
center, center, center, center, left. Darn, that really sucks.
the lockpickkid wrote:is the sidebar installed? I also think I read somewhere that the sidebar can be installed upside down and won't be effective, but I don't know if this is true or not.
Oh yes I made sure to keep it in.
Re: Is it supposed to be this easy to pick a Medeco Original
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Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:49 pmby elbowmacaroni
ChemicalRobot wrote:Farmerfreak wrote:I would take a guess that all or most of the pins are the same angle. And that angle is likely to be the center one because the original center pins didn't have a false gate.
I think you're correct. I just looked at it again and found it to be:
center, center, center, center, left. Darn, that really sucks.
the lockpickkid wrote:is the sidebar installed? I also think I read somewhere that the sidebar can be installed upside down and won't be effective, but I don't know if this is true or not.
Oh yes I made sure to keep it in.
Yeah, but you might want to check and see if it's upside down like Kid mentioned too, just in case.
Re: Is it supposed to be this easy to pick a Medeco Original
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Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:55 pmby the lockpickkid
That is just something I have heard, I don't know for sure, I don't know alot about Medeco, I have one, but I still can't pick it!!
Re: Is it supposed to be this easy to pick a Medeco Original
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Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:33 pmby Farmerfreak
the lockpickkid wrote:the sidebar can be installed upside down and won't be effective, but I don't know if this is true or not.
I didn't think about that earlier. But yes that should make it easy to pick. Since the sidebar would be collapsed and thus obsolete. ...Unless you picked the lock and turned it just enough to line up the sidebar with the V notch in the housing, then rotated the pins.
Re: Is it supposed to be this easy to pick a Medeco Original
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Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:04 pmby ChemicalRobot
Just checked the sidebar and it was in properly. I'm pretty sure it's what you said FarmerFreak. It's a shame really, I was hoping for a more exciting sidebar experience since I'm so new to pin rotation.
Re: Is it supposed to be this easy to pick a Medeco Original
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Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:11 pmby the lockpickkid
ChemicalRobot, if ya get tired of it, I want it!! I will trade locks or whatever, I will even drive to you!!!
Re: Is it supposed to be this easy to pick a Medeco Original
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Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:16 amby bouncer965
Your just trying to wind me up aint ya!!!!!!!! Be damned if i can get this classic opened with 5 pins in.
