Lab Shims Lab Security Shelf Bracket LSM025

Good

The shims were delivered promptly. I was rekeying a lock and needed the shim to open the lock.

Exactly what I needed

Nice and thin yet flexable.

Ordered 2 boxes of shims, with each box having 25. Both boxes only came with 15. One star for false advertisement.

The shims are the right thickness to fit but they are not rigid enough to unlock even the most basic masterlock. This is a shim that got stuck and even after opening the lock with the key it would not budge. Using tweezers, the remnant the you see in the photo is all that could be retrieved. After opening it with the key, the remnants inside were shredded and couldnt be removed. The lock is now partially damaged.

The shims are cleanly cut and slip into space with no problem, they are not quite stiff enough for stubborn pins, they bend with even light pressure. It would be nice if they came in different lenths

If you have a box of locks without keys, use these to remove the cylinders for re-pinning. They cant be used on the front of any locks Ive seen, so the lock has to be taken off the door prior to use. They appear to be original LAB parts, and fits nicely in my pin kit. I get a lot of uses of of one shim.. if you ding the end, trim it off and use it again.

Correct Guage and stiffness. Worked great!

I can find them for less at another vender but, the shipping cost made the difference. They the same distributer and worked great for me. I would recommend the purchase