(197) How to recover your lost Master Lock Word combination (revisited)

Here I show how to decode a Master Lock Word combination padlock (model 643DASTWD or 643DWD) - handy if you've lost or forgotten your combination.

Note that the basic method is: while tensioning the lock (by constantly pulling up on the shackle as if you're trying to open it), find the loosest number for all the numbers on a wheel, and do it for each wheel.
It's even better if when in the loosest number, it has lots of "play" around the number, but you can't actually keep turning to the next numbers which tensioning (because it's stuck in a valley). The number that is most like this (loosest with large "play" but also very "stuck" in the valley) is likely to be the true gate (and hence the correct number of the combination) for that whee.

See Video 132 where I also show how to decode one of these locks:
   • (Picking 132) How to recover your los...  

See Video 3 where I show how to decode a "number" Master Lock:
   • (Picking 3) Master combination lock (...