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9),

but

the

primary

cause

is

a

misalignmen

t

b etw

een

the

center

axis

of

the

plug

and

the

axis

on

whic

h

the

holes

were

drilled.

See

gure

6.2.

If

the

axis

of

the

pin

holes

is

sk

ew

ed

from

the

cen

ter

line

of

the

plug,

then

the

pins

will

set

from

bac

k

to

front

if

the

plug

is

turned

one

wa

y

,

and

from

front

to

back

if

the

plug

is

turned

the

other

w

a

y

.

Many

lo cks

hav

e

this

defect.

Scrubbing

is

fast

b ecause

you

don't

need

to

pay

attention

to

individual

pins.

Y

ou

only

need

to

nd

the

correct

torque

and

pressure.

Figure

6.1

summarizes

the

steps

of

pic

king

a

lo ck

by

scrubbing.

The

exercises

will

teach

you

ho

w

to

recognize

when

a

pin

is

set

and

ho

w

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Figure

6.1:

Driver

pin

catches

on

plug

to

apply

the

correct

forces.

If

a

lo ck

do esn't

op

en

quic

kly

,

then

it

probably

has

one

of

the

characteristics

describ ed

in

c

hapter

9

and

you

will

hav

e

to

concentrate

on

individual

pins.

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Figure

6.2:

Alignment

of

plug

holes

19

1.

Insert

the

pick

and

torque

wrenc

h.

Without

applying

any

torque

pull

the

pick

out

to

get

a

feel

for

the

stiness

of

the

lo ck's

springs.

2.

Apply

a

light

torque.

Insert

the

pick

without

touc

hing

the

pins.

As

y

ou

pull

the

pick

out,

apply

pressure

to

the

pins.

The

pressure

should

b e

sligh

tly

larger

than

the

minimum

necessary

to

ov

ercome

the

spring

force.

3.

Gradually

increase

the

torque

with

each

stroke

of

the

pic

k

un

til

pins

b egin

to

set.

4.

Keeping

the

torque

xed,

scrub

bac

k

and

forth

ov

er

the

pins

that

hav

e

not

set.

If

additional

pins

do

not

set,

release

the

torque

and

start

ov

er

with

the

torque

found

in

the

last

step.

5.

Once

the

ma

jorit

y

of

the

pins

ha

v

e

b een

set,

increase

the

torque

and

scrub

the

pins

with

a

sligh

tly

larger

pressure.

This

will

set

any

pins

whic

h

ha

v

e

set

low

due

to

b eveled

edges,

etc.

T

able

6.1:

Figure

13:

Basic

scrubbing.

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