How to Retrieve a Lock Combination
Teachers hear many excuses for missing homework; even a legitimate excuse, such as forgetting a locker combination, gets old quickly. At the beginning of the school year, remembering your locker combination can prove difficult in tandem with class schedules and homeroom locations. If you forget a combination, it can result in a poor grade, or a drop in a good one. To avoid these complications, even the best student should know how to "crack" her locker.
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Instructions
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Pull the shackle up with your finger. Keep the shackle pulled up.
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Turn the dial clockwise to the right until your lock "clicks," if you own a Fortress combination lock. Once your hear a click, rotate two numbers to the right. This is your first number. Do not release the shackle.
On a Masterlock, turn the dial counterclockwise until it stops. This is your first number. Do not release the shackle.
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Turn your Fortress lock dial counterclockwise until the dial stops. This is your second number. Do not release the shackle.
On a Masterlock, turn the dial clockwise until it stops completely. This is your second number. Release the shackle.
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Turn your Fortress lock's dial clockwise, continuing until the lock opens.
On a Masterlock, enter your first two numbers into the combination lock without lifting the shackle. From the second number, turn the dial one digit at a time. At each digit, pull up the shackle; it opens when you reach your third combination digit.
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Tips & Warnings
Even if your lock is "uncrackable," you can open most three-digit combination locks within three hours, according to Jim Loy. Try all possible three-digit combinations; only use the even numbers on the dial for the first two digits. Try every number on the dial for the last digit.
Only attempt to find the combination for a lock you own. Breaking and entering, theft and lock picking result in severe penalties. If you have any questions about the legality of cracking a combination lock, contact a lawyer, police officer or school official.
References
- Photo Credit Combination Lock image by Mario Ragsac Jr. from Fotolia.com
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I have a fortress combo lock lost combo tried these instructions and it does not work what do I do short of having to buy a nother.
