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Jun 26, 2008 | 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by mycamaroSS

yea this thread just shows how there is no point in getting locks..if someone is set to steal your wheels..they are going to steal them

So i take it you don't lock anything up or take your keys with you to your car? I lock everything of mine up and have locking lug nuts and so far they have worked. Between me, my pit and my .45 we have my things safe.

Jun 26, 2008 | 09:25 PM

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Update! the largest socket size i can fit in the hole is 21mm so what i did was I just some porting bits and sanded down the teeth in the socket so I could hammer it on but it wasn't long enough

so i will get a 21mm 12 point DEEP socket and try again. It acted like it was grabbing it but just not long enough.

Jun 27, 2008 | 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by mycamaroSS

yea this thread just shows how there is no point in getting locks..if someone is set to steal your wheels..they are going to steal them

Old saying about locks.... of any kind..... "Locks keep honest people honest."

Jun 27, 2008 | 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by momartin22

they make a socket at auto zone that has teeth and it doesnt use the locking thing at all it grinds into the lug and then pulls it out...its like 20.00 bucks for 5 different sizes this happened to my buddy and thats what he did

i had the same problem and those worked well

Jun 27, 2008 | 02:03 PM

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I will check those out. I hate buying tools from autozone. Every tool there is a POS.

Jun 27, 2008 | 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 97ramsst

I guess nobody read the part about the socket thats big enough to hammer on to the lug not being able to fit in the hole on the wheel...

Man I dont know what to tell you.

Take a picture of what it looks like and post it. Can you get a center punch on it and knock it around using it???

GRIND !!the socket down on the sides to fit into the hole??If that doesnt work and the socket cracks once you pound it on,, You may have to cover each area around the lug with some type of grease or silocone or something THICK and cleanable and have a nut tack welded on to the top of the lock itself!!THERES ALWAYS A WAY!!!

Jun 27, 2008 | 07:27 PM

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Something I've had to do for 2 guys before. Weld the socket to the lug with about 4 tacks, and bust it off with an impact. As long as you're extra cautious, you won't damage the wheels.

Jun 28, 2008 | 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Jantzer98SS

The socket method works great. I've used it before. So the moral of the story is thieves are smarter than you are and can steal you wheels if they want, so don't run locks.

so just because some people know how to pick locks, i should stop locking my front door when i leave the house? or i should stop arming my car alarm just because some people know how to bypass it?

there is no foolproof security measure....if man made it, man can defeat it.

but that doesn't mean that security features are useless, they just do more good to stop crimes of opportunity than they do to stop determined criminals....and there are far more crimes committed by people just seizing an opportunity than there are anything else.