Jeezus

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Ok, so there are some locking lug nuts you can buy where you need a key to get them off. I am sure everyone knows what I am talking about. Well, I have no key. Any way I can get the wheel off?

t_g_farrell

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Whose wheels you stealing ?














j/k

Jeezus

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The ones off the track car.

RX-7 Chris

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it will be hard getting the wheel off without the right tool. maybe you can find one at a place like discount tire?

ray green

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Yeah, whose wheel is this Stu?

Maybe you can drill it out?

DivinDriver

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That's gonna suck - - it's what those things are designed to stop you from doing. The good ones are case-hardened and will take a huge amount of effort to drill/cut off.

Can you reach the sides of the bolt-head, or are they down in a hole?

If you can reach them, grind flats on either side to accomodate a big-*** open-end wrench.

If they're recessed into the wheel... man, I dunno.

Devy55

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A couple ways, but will probably sacrifice the locking lug.

1. Get a mm socket slightly smaller than the locking lug, and force it on with a hammer, then turn.

2. Use an angle grinder to reshape the head to fit a socket, or pipe/monkey wrench. May need to add a longer piece of pipe to the handle in order to get enough torque to turn it.

yetterben

+1 for the smash fit and wrench off maneuver.

Jeezus

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Yeah, that is how we did it when I worked at Toyota. We had a tapered 3/8th socket, and you slide it on then hammer it. That makes the wheel lug jammed inside and you just twist it off.

The lock is the cylinder kinds, with a funny shaped key. Might have to go to discount tire, but the car has no engine.

Sgt Fox

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there are special sockets to take off wheel locks. They have reverse threads inside to grip the bolt.:

like these: http://www.brandsport.com/ctam-a155.html

bstrange99

Craftsman makes a socket called "bolt-out". It's a hardened steel that has an aggresive, tapered reverse thread inside. Never failed me yet.

85TIIDEVIL

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What SGT FOX said...

That thing took off all four wheel locks on my DIRTY SE quickly. I almost couldn't believe how well it worked...

Wheel locks are pointless if the thief owns that thing haha.

Jeezus

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Hmm, I have just been told by a friend that I can weld a nut on and just ratchet it off.

DivinDriver

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So long as you don't end up welding the wheel lock to the stud, yes. Though if it's chromed, it'll be rather hard to weld to.

The inside-out easy-outs sound like the ticket.