The pad lock that had seized shut on my back gate was proving hard to remove, the hardened steel U was not yielding to my hacksaw. I noticed some rivets underneath that turned out to be soft steel. 10 minutes of sawing and I was in.
Hardened steel U
Soft steel rivets on the bottom
After removing the rivets, hammering off the bottom plate
Bottom plate revealed, lock mechanism removed
Lock open!
Will writes 