Breaking a Master Lock

Breaking a Master Lock
by Richard Rastetter

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A couple of weeks ago I wanted to open a Masterlock. After reading those long articles on how to "crack" the combination, I tried it, and failed. Then I saw the article about drilling into it, that sounds fast, but it requires a drill, and knowledge on where to drill, plus if the lock is on a locker, it is kinda hard to flip the lock around and drill. I came up with my own way (to my knowledge) using a screwdriver, and maybe 2 minutes

Anyway, You need:

1 flathead screwdriver, The longer the better, but the head has to be thin.

Now take the flathead screwdriver, and jam it inbetween the dial, and the metal lock, Pry it down, lifting the dial up.

The dial should be immobile now because it should be bent. Just keep going around the lock prying up, it should pop off after 10 prys

Now with the insides, I am sure there is a better way, but what i did is I took the screwdriver, and stuck it in, and just tore everything I could out of the lock After a minute, I removed enough for the shackle to open.

I tried this on a friend at school, destroyed his lock, took his Ipod and hid it deep in his locker so that he thought someone stole it, and also so someone else doesn't steal it... he was pretty pissed off.