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How might I remove a locking lug nut if I don't have the key for it?? Any tricks or do I just take it to a tire dealer and suffer the cost. HELP
 

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Some tire shops have a set of 'keys' that they can try.

Some guys find a socket that is just a little smaller than the locking lug and then hammer the socket on there and then remove the locking lug nut. The socket obviously is sacrificial in this case.

Good luck.
 

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My friend had to do the same thing with his car. We used a set of special sockets made specially for removing locking lug nuts. I think they were made by craftsman. Hissin's suggestion will work too, but you need to use a good quality socket, or else its just gonna crack in half when you hammer it on
 

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RacEoHolic330 said:
My friend had to do the same thing with his car. We used a set of special sockets made specially for removing locking lug nuts. I think they were made by craftsman. Hissin's suggestion will work too, but you need to use a good quality socket, or else its just gonna crack in half when you hammer it on
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your also gonna need atleast 4 sockets
 

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also you can take a normal lugnut and wled it on the end of the locking one. just be sure to cover the wheel.
 
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thanks for your reply, this really helps
 

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i always thought a pair of channel loks would be worth a try on the outside... just a thought....
 
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Actually guys this took me and my dad five minutes. We just used an impact wrench socket and impact wrench, but if you just have that type of socket w/o the wrench use a regular socket. Buy an impact socket a tiny bit smaller than your lug nut. Its easy.
 

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carbed87 said:
i always thought a pair of channel loks would be worth a try on the outside... just a thought....
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Most lug nuts are flush with the outside of the wheel, so you'd probably do a nice amount of damage to the wheel in the process
 
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Four way tire iron and a small peice of sheet metal...

Find the end that just barely fits over the lock-nut and then put the small piece of sheetmetal on the inside edge of the 4way socket and hammer it on, turn and vaula.


(I recently had this problem becuase my wife lost the key and then hit a curb and bent her rim. Cost me $40 at a ghetto tire shop for some dude to do this and it took him less than 2 minutes.)
 
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