Getting wheel locks off with out the key
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Getting wheel locks off with out the key Had the car for 2 years , never thought to look under the caps, but i have wheel locks on the front wheels and no key to be found anywhere in the car(bought it like this) previous owner has no idea where it is.
any ideas on how to get em off??
**update i got the locks off using a snap-on universal socket, tapped it on, took no longer then 10 sec each wheel
any ideas on how to get em off??
**update i got the locks off using a snap-on universal socket, tapped it on, took no longer then 10 sec each wheel
Last edited by C5042081; Mar 26, 2009 at 02:37 PM.
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My car had one of those damn things on it. I ended up destroying mine to the point where I got pissed and took a cutoff wheel to it then just bought a new stud.
Don't know why it had it, who in their right mind would steal salad shooters anyway?!?
Don't know why it had it, who in their right mind would steal salad shooters anyway?!?
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pound a socket on it you don't want to be there all day drilling and drilling and drilling and drilling and drilling and drilling and drilling and drilling and drilling and drilling ahahah and then changing studs. Use an impact gun it seems to work better than a ratchet.
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auto zone has a tool that takes it off. i think its like 20 bucks. it digs into the lugnut and takes it off. instead of loosening it to get it off its the opposite you go like your tightening it and it takes it off. I used this on my car a little while back. it comes in a pack of four or five
I work for goodyear and we have a tool kit where we hammer a socket onto the lock and then we just use an impact gun to take it off, probably the same tool you would get at autozone
That's what I did. Only problem was that I had only one socket that was close and I had to remove four locking lug nuts. 
After I removed one, I had to hammer out the lug nut so I could use the socket again. Luckily it worked on the remaining three and I just threw the socket away still attached to the last lug nut.
After I removed one, I had to hammer out the lug nut so I could use the socket again. Luckily it worked on the remaining three and I just threw the socket away still attached to the last lug nut.
I would much rather use a quality socket than some pile of crap. It's real easy to take the lock lugs out of the socket with a hammer and flathead screwdriver and it won't mess up a good quality socket.
