Allyouneedtodoisthreadthismechanismontotheendof a hosebed, andafteryouhaveitsnuggedup, takethekeyandturnthecoretothelockedposition, turningthecourt D couplestheoutershellfromtheinnermechanism, makingitspinfreely.
Andifitspendsfreely, itcan't beeasilyunthreatenednow, as a practicalmatter, ah, hoseBibbis a lowvaluetarget, andanysafeguardislikelytobeenough.
Becauseofthat, I can't betoocriticalofsecurityweaknesses.
However, itisalwaysdisappointingtosee a tubularlock, whichlacksanyofthefeatures, whichwouldstopanimpressionintool.
Thatweaknessisessentiallymakesthis a corethat's beenobsoleteforabout 30 years.
Let's seewhythatisbyopeningitupwiththischeapandreadilyavailabletool, what I'm goingtodoispushitintothelockandturnatthesametime, repeatingthatmotionoverandoveruntilitopens, whichshouldtakelessthan 30 seconds.
Therewego.
Ittook a littlebitlongerthan I wouldhaveexpected, probablybecauseofweakspringsinsideofthelock.
Evenso, itiscertainly a lotthatcanbeopenedquicklywiththislowscaleattack.
As I saidbefore, though, itprobablydoesn't matteron a faucetlock, whereanyprecautionatallislikelytobeenough.