Locking Lug Nuts
12-23-2009, 03:46 PM
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Locking Lug Nuts
my spare tire carrier has a locking lug nut but i dont have the key 
and it so happens to be that the studded tires are not so great for wheeling lol and i got a flat... anybody know of a good way to break the locking lug nut w/o the key and i dont have the proper tool to break it any info would be amazing!
and it so happens to be that the studded tires are not so great for wheeling lol and i got a flat... anybody know of a good way to break the locking lug nut w/o the key and i dont have the proper tool to break it any info would be amazing!
12-23-2009, 04:24 PM
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I know on a rim that's on the vehicle we took a star that was just a liitle to small and hammered it on. if it would not turn we would jump on it and snap the stud. Have to replace stud but worked in a real jam.
12-23-2009, 04:26 PM
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ok. they make wheel lock removal tools. they look like regular sockets, and either grooved like an easy out on the inside, or smooth on the inside.
You can also try to split it with a chizzel, or cut it off with torches.
If you are not good with torches "can cut one exhaust pipe out from inside another, or take a nut off a bolt withought messing up the threads" I would leave that to somone skilled with them.
You can also try to split it with a chizzel, or cut it off with torches.
If you are not good with torches "can cut one exhaust pipe out from inside another, or take a nut off a bolt withought messing up the threads" I would leave that to somone skilled with them.
12-23-2009, 05:27 PM
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just use a 3/4 in or 19mm 12pt socket and tap it on with a hammer.
make sure it's a 12 point socket. it'll come off like butter.
make sure it's a 12 point socket. it'll come off like butter.
12-23-2009, 09:47 PM
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Wheel locks are ussless they just keep nice people from taking your rims, we get them at the shop all the time siezed, missing lock tools etc. remove them and replace with regular wheel nuts. The tool distributers all have a good selection of removal tools. Snap-on,mac,matco etc.
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12-26-2009, 04:03 PM
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def appriciate all the info i tried a 12pt but it was standard and didnt turn out so well and it was on a tirer carrier so i just took a cuttin wheel with a grinder pad and grinded down the back of the stud and took a punch to the stud popped out real easy it was process of elimination tryin to get that off lol
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