Bought this car about two months ago. Upgrading wheels but the idiot never supplied wheel lock key nor does he remember where it is. I'm trying to expose the stud. Is it possible to remove the stud or is there a lip on the backside preventing this to happen? Any and all suggestions are appreciated. Outside of bitch slappin the fool.

 

Go to the dealer. The techs should have a set of keys. They MIGHT let you borrow it to take the locks off.

 

It will have to be cut off bu a shop. Bring your pink slip so they can verify ownership. Sorry to hear that.

 

This may be crude, but sometimes works.....

Get the right size socket and hammer it onto the lock. Try not to hammer it on so far that you cant get it off. With some luck, you will be able to turn the lock enough to loosen it.

Let us know if it works.

Good luck, Adam

 

Yeah, I was afraid of that. It's an aftermarket type lock - 5 lobes w/ socket type key. I'm trying not to waste the wheels though. Some monkey at Pep Boys tried "pounding" on a remover and now mauled the lobes (my fault for ever bringing it there). So now a key, if I ever found one, wouldn't fit anyway. I'm going to try and grind the lug as close to the base as possible to possibly break away enough to expose the stud. One car performance place said he'd be around $200 of more to remove it. So I'm giving it a shot first. Lesson to be learned fellas! That, "just take it to an auto repair place and they'll just zip it right off", is a bunch of bullshit!

 

If you try the socket, use a 12 point socket. If you don't have one, go to Sears. If you break it, they will replace it for free.

Adam

 

I suppose this is hard but couldnt you grind it into the shape of a normal lugnut with a dremel tool and then find a wrench that will fit it?

that makes sense to me but its probably way harder than I could imagine

 

if I saw this earlier I would have told you to go to discount tire and kiss some *** w/ one of the techs cuz they have all sorts of lock keys...

 

I went to discount tire & brought proof of ownership (registration, insurance card, license - all that jazz). They tried some of the keys they had - none of which worked, but they were able to get it off with a special tool. It had to be replaced afterward, but it didn't screw up anything other than the lock.

 

I went to a mom-and-pop type tire shop, and they had all sorts of miscelanious key types. They just got one that resembled it and forced it on (i wasn't going to keep the lock anyways). He got it off in 10 minutes. $5 couresy fee

 

do the socket thing... i had my lock key break and had to get all 4 locks off this way... it actually works suprisingly well and if your careful it dosent hurt the wheels at all

 

Socket and long wrench, leverage will break it off