Change the angle the height and the speed of your pick as you rake.
How to pick u bar door lock.
With a decent amount of speed begin to scrub the pins as if you are scrubbing the top of your teeth with your toothbrush.
Use your lever as if it was a key turning the lock.
Stick the bent end into the bottom of the lock keeping it as low.
Insert pick at top of lock.
If it is locked pick and turn the plug clockwise one quarter turn.
Next insert your rake all the way to the rear of the lock and gently lift upward so that your pick slightly lifts the pins.
After 40 50 or 60 years of service the doors on your chevy or gmc truck have opened and closed thousands of times.
Insert your pick bent side up.
This should easily disengage the latch and you ll hear the latch turn over when this happens.
Enter the cab through the rear window if possible and unlock the doors from the inside.
Insert tension wrench into the bottom of key hole and apply slight pressure.
We have new door latch assemblies for all 1947 72 chevrolet and gmc trucks to make sure yours close rattle free.
The lock must be in the unlocked position.
Lock picking technique 1.
Bore the hole for the lock cylinder.
The cia lockpicking manual.
The plug can now be removed.
I prefer the bogota rake that has three ridges.
This one has picked every.
Align the center pilot bit of the saw with the marked point of the face of the door and drill through.
The end that is arced should be pointed upward so that the tip of the pick can work at pushing the lock pins up.
Some kits include a hole saw that attaches to a standard drill.
Insert your lever into the bottom half of the lock.
Which means your door latches could be worn out leading to rattles and doors that don t open and close properly.
Use this knowledge only for good not evil.
10 feel around for a stuck or seized pin.
Apply gentle downward pressure with the slim jim as you pull it back toward the side from which you inserted it.
The tension wrench is the key no pun.
Next compress the locking bolt downward as far as it will go and simultaneously pick the plug clockwise one quarter turn.
Turn the lock lightly in the direction you would use to open it.
While applying slight torque.