Wheel LOCKS!!!!!
- Thread starter woodyy24
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i have some rims to put on but the rear wheels have lock nuts and the guy didnt give me the key, i called him up today and he says he doesnt have it. 
5.0 con-vert
No soup for you, Joe Rogan!!!
Were those wheels off of the guys old car that he still has? There is a sticker on the car, I think mine is in the trunk, that tells the key serial number. You can bring that to a dealer and get a new one. If that doesn't work....TORCH!!!!
Saleen0679
10 Year Member
I've never tried it, but I was told years ago that you can pound a socket onto the wheel lock and get the the locks off. I've seen kits just for that purpose, but I expect it has special sockets.
trbkrb
Founding Member
Yes, the socket trick works as long as you can get it on over the lock. And I used Craftsman ones. 
I was able to use one to remove 3 of my locks, but it was too worn for the fourth. Got a free replacement and pulled the fourth one off!
Good luck!
I was able to use one to remove 3 of my locks, but it was too worn for the fourth. Got a free replacement and pulled the fourth one off!Good luck!
Zero_chance
Founding Member
Im not sure Im following. You have rims to put on your car, but you cant figure out how to get the locknuts off? Whose friggin car is it? Is it something you bought like a rolling chassis or something? I only ask because about 6 months ago a kid came to our garage asking if he could borrow a locksocket from our master set and bring it back the next day. We said no and a tech told him to use a socket over it or a bolt out kit. The next day when we came to work the Ford dealer in the next town had two of its Mustangs bullit style rims jacked. Gotta watch out for stuff like that.
They make a special socket that is cone-shaped/tapered inside that can be forced down on a lug nut and used with an air ratchet. That's basically the equivalent of the "hammer the closest fitting socket down on it" method described above. I also had wheel locks seized on the studs, and the local Pep Boys guys got them off by repeatedly hitting them at an angle with an air chisel to bap them off little by little. If you can get on them, a nut splitter might help, although there may not be room. I have also heard of tack-welding a nut on there, so a regular wrench can be used.
Black 93 Fox
Active Member
I think you could also take it to les schwabe and they might take them off for you. I think they have the keys to most wheels.
MagnaflowGT
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woodyy24 said:the socket method failedim gonna end up taking it to a tire place i guess, i split 3 sockets and wore myself out from hammering so much.
use one of those 4 star lug wrenches, and get u some WD40 or PB blaster and get u something to sit the wrench on so u can use ur body weight. I did that to get my luck nuts off.
I have a wheel lock removal kit, I think you can get something at Sears (craftsman) that will work but I am not sure. A shop will usually only charge about $10 a lock to remove.
maverick0716
Founding Member
Tire stores won't have the keys to most wheels. They use a lock removal kit that they hammer onto the wheel lock. There's literally hundreds of different patterns for those locks.
Black 93 Fox
Active Member
maverick0716 said:
Guess I was wrong I know a friend of mine took his there and they got them off somehow.
deadlast
New Member
deadlast said:
Agreed, talk to the service Dept. If you agree to buy the replacement lugnuts from them,they'll probably let you take the old ones off and put the new ones--probably $1.25 each-- on for free. If they don't, I would consider that a poor customer/employee ralationship and move on to the next dealership for all my business.
