Can't get my lock open with the right combination

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Luggage manufacturer Samsonite offers a variety of business, personal, travel products and accessories. Many Samsonite pieces such as attaches and other bags include a three-digit, built-in combination lock. When purchased, the locks are set on a factory default combination that you can change as often as you wish.

STEP 1
Turn the number dials to the previously set combination, or to "0-0-0", the factory default combination for Samsonite luggage.

STEP 2
Locate the reset button, usually placed to the side of the combination dials.

STEP 3
Press the reset button and hold it while rotating the number dials to the desired combination. Set this to a sequence easy for you to remember but hard for others to figure out.

STEP 4
Release the reset button after you set the numbers to the new combination.

STEP 5
Test the combination by turning the dials to the new code to open the lock. If the combination does not open the lock, repeat Steps 1 through 4 and test the lock again. If you still can't open the lock, contact Samsonite Customer Service at 800-765-2247.

The master dial lock is the world's best selling combination padlock.The lock uses three digit combination of 40 numbers.allowing for 15,00 possible variations
.Follow these step to unlock dial lock. With the Combination Step 1 Turn the lock until the numbers read right-side-up. Roll the left-most dial until the first number of your combination lines up with the scored hash mark just to the left of the dial.
With the Combination Step 2 Roll the middle dial until the appropriate number lines up with the number to its left. Do the same for the right-most number. Your three-digit combination should now show, left to right, lined up with the scored hash marks.
With the Combination Step 3 Pull the body of the lock away from the U-shaped metal ring without turning any of the dials. The lock will click open to expose a hook. The hook spins 360 degrees so that it can be placed onto, and taken off, luggage.
Forgotten Combination Step 1 Pull the body of the lock and the U-shaped ring away from each other to put pressure on the mechanism inside the lock. Pull the body of the lock away from its attachment, or, if the lock is not attached, apply pressure on the U-shaped ring away from the body of the lock with your fingers. Keep holding a firm, steady pressure.
Forgotten Combination Step 2 Roll the dial closest to the U-shaped ring slowly, while keeping steady pressure on the mechanism. The dial will get difficult to roll over three consecutive numbers, and one of those numbers will click. You should feel and hear this small click, and that is the first number to your combination.
Forgotten Combination Step 3 Repeat Step 2 with the middle dial, and then the farthest dial. Leave the dial set when you find the click, moving onto the next dial. The combination will reveal itself, letting you pull the U-ring away from the body of the lock.
Resetting Your Combination Step 1 Hold the body of the lock so that the numbers face away from you. Set the combination and release the U-shaped ring.
Resetting Your Combination Step 2 Turn the hook of the U-shaped ring counterclockwise 90 degrees until the notch on the stem of the hook and the hole on the body of the lock line up. Push the stem of the hook down into the body of the lock as far as it will go.
Resetting Your Combination Step 3 Turn the hook another 90 degrees counterclockwise while it is depressed into the body of the lock.
Resetting Your Combination Step 4 Roll the dials until you have your new combination.
Resetting Your Combination Step 5 Turn the hook 90 degrees clockwise and raise the stem out of the body of the lock. Turn it another 90 degrees clockwise and push it back into the locked position. The lock now uses your new combination.
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• Email yourself the password to your lock, and title the email "Luggage Lock." If you forget the password in the future, simply search your email for the term "Luggage Lock."

WARNING

• Do not open a lock that does not belong to you. It is against the law.

REFERENCES

• Master Lock: FAQ Categories
• Youtube.com: How To Crack Combination Lock
• Youtube.com: How to Hack a 3 Digit Combination Lock
• Master Lock: Set-Your-Own Combination Lock
• Master Lock: Resettable Combination Lock
• Transportation Security Administration: Baggage Locks

RESOURCES

• Master Lock: Set-Your-Own Combination Lock
• Master Lock: Resettable Combination Lock

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Christopher Michael began writing in 2004 for his college newspaper. He received a Bachelor of Arts in English and psychology, as well as a certificate in criminal justice from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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Most combination luggage locks can be reset when they are open. The combination wheels can't be turned unless the lock is being reset. So either the wheels show the correct combination, or you will be able to turn them to a new combination. The lock that is "locked outside the hole" was either not relocked after inspection or it's in reset mode.

By frequently resetting your lock combination, you decrease the chance that someone will break into your luggage.
If someone watches you open your luggage at baggage claim while going through security or at a hotel, they may break into your luggage when they encounter you on another leg of your journey.
Change your lock after every major flight or trip to help keep your items safe.
Avoid easy to guess passwords, as well, such as sequential numbers, all the same number or birthdays.

Open your lock by inputting the current combination.
New Prestolocks have a factory set combination of "0-0-0."
Turn the shackle 180 degrees.
Press the shackle down and turn it 90 degrees to the left or right.
Input the new combination.
Move the shackle 90 degrees so that it is 180 degrees from its locked position.
Take your hand off the shackle and pull it out.
Turn it back to the locked position.

Push the shackle into the lock and turn at least one of the lock's dials.
Write down your new combination.
Keep this paper in a safe place for future reference.

Try rotating the numbers on the combination dial three times to clear any previous entry (stop on the zero's if this applies) and enter your combination one more time to see if this works and gets it open.

The default is 000; to set it, hold the lock open, move the dials to your numbers, and close/open three times. This will set the combination to your numbers.

I forgot my locker combination and my luggage is locked.How can I open it??

the lock is currently set to 000. To set your own combination and with the lock in the 000 position, open the case and on the inside of the lock mechanism you will see a red tab. slide this tab to the left and then move the digits on the front to your desired code. ie 123. then move the red tab back to lock in this new setting as your own personal combination. close the case and then move the digits away from our setting of 123 and this locks the case. only if the digitrs are 123 in this example will the lock now open.