How To Jimmy A Door Lock

Slide the slim jim in the space.

How to jimmy a door lock.

Jimmy the lock posted by james briggs on september 18 2003. Apply twisting pressure to the lock with the knife blade at the same time. How to jimmy a door open step 1. You will need a tension wrench which you can make with an alan key.

Check your front door knob you just might be surprised how easy you can be broken into get a credit card and try this if it works then get to home depot. If using a paper clip hammer the end of the. Once the corner is in. By bending the card and giving it a little push it should easily slide.

The easiest way to pick a lock is to use the fast and dirty method. Grab both ends of the paper clip and pull. You want to rake the pick across the keyhole pins. We were watching a crime thriller when one of the clues was that the perp jimmied the lock.

Then insert it into the gap in the door and feed it behind the latch. Keep feeding it through until the end of the paper clip comes back out the front where you can reach it. How to pick a lock with a credit card. To do this you will need either an air wedge or a crowbar with the air wedge being the preferred tool.

3 steps step 1. Insert a wedge between the car window and weather stripping. Insert tension wrench into the bottom of key hole and apply slight pressure the tension wrench is the key no pun intended to successfully picking a lock. So start by deflating your air wedge.

Now take your flattened wedge and slip it into the. The weatherstrip is the rubber strip running between the. Arthur cavallin demonstrates how to pick a door lock. You will also need a lock pick which you can make out of more.

To do this start by bending your paper clip into a large hook. At an angle slide the edge of your card between the door and the strike plate. It seems natural to want to open the driver s side door. To pick a lock you will need to push up the pins and align them so that the mechanism will open.

You want to be careful not to break the lock or the knife so you may. Bend your card towards the doorknob. Using a slim jim 1. Approach the car s passenger side door.