the OE wheel lock key shattered. How else to get this lock off?
There is a rotating shroud on the outside that negates pounding a socket on it.
the OE wheel lock key shattered. How else to get this lock off?
There is a rotating shroud on the outside that negates pounding a socket on it.
Can you weld a nut to it?
In reply to xredx :
Can you weld chrome plate lugs with a HF Fluxcore? Being recessed is another issue for trying that.
Ooo, Mopar locking lugs.
I have fought these before. What I did was grind down the outside lip of the lug so the rotating sleeve could be slid off, then pounded on the closest sized socket on to the remaining lug to remove. Once you have a socket on there, use an impact and let it spin/slip. The heat generated will expand the lug until it catches and spins off the stud.
Alternatively, a trip to the dealer where they have a master key set will work.
Grtechguy said:In reply to xredx :,
Can you weld chrome plate lugs with a HF Fluxcore? Being recessed is another issue for trying that.
You might have to chip some chrome off with a chiesel to strike an arc, but it should work.
Nuke the vehicle from orbit.
It's too many stories like this that motivated me to replace the locking lugnuts on my new-to-me truck with regular hex lugnuts. They don't match the OE in length, but they're the same across the flats.
My understanding from reading (you've been warned) about welding on chrome plated tubing is that you can, but it will damage the plating. I don't expect that would upset you much as you likely want to see those locking lugnuts die in a fire anyway.
Time to get a shotgun.
Yeah, welding through chrome with a HF flux core welder is no problem. However, everyone needs a Mossberg 500 or 590.
I ended up running to the local dealer. They destroyed one of their wrenches in the process.
Replaced all 4 locking wheel lugs with standard. cost? $0.
Guess not all dealerships are bad.
Need to convince the wife for the Mossberg.
Good Job!
I replaced all those things with factory standard lugs on my cars. Not cheap at like ten bucks a pop or better for a Lexus, but well worth it to me.
I would have just thrown the car out. Ain't nobody got time fo that.
Show her the prices for the 590 and then tell her you're saving money by getting an 870 instead.
The plan is flawless.
Why would you destroy the lie I told myself to keep me from buying another shotgun.
Call around to you local tire shops and see if any of them have a master key set. The Big-O Tires local me has one with close to 100 different keys. They charge a small fee to remove them. Pretty awesome stuff.
Dr. Hess said:Grab a gun had either 500's or 590's for 99 bucks last week.
Mossberg 500 v. Remington 870.
As stupid as this sounds, the safety placement of the 500 was the deciding factor in my purchase of a 20ga 500. It's idiot proof.
I went with a Maverick 88 years ago. Suits my needs fine
thestig99 said:Nuke the vehicle from orbit.
It IS the only way to be sure.
Fueled by Caffeine said:
Well he could probably get a gig with the blue man group and also most likely marked his rims. Listening to Eminem probably made him impatient.
Dr. Hess said:Grab a gun had either 500's or 590's for 99 bucks last week.
Mossberg 500 v. Remington 870.
Now McFly's shotgun shopping...
Turbo sockets. These are the female version of the easy-out.
The ID of the socket is spiral shaped with aggressive "threads" that are such than when you turn it counterclockwise, the socket screws itself onto the lugnut. These threads are tapered with them getting smaller deeper into the socket. Pricey $$$$ though.
Not an axe. I do have a plasma cutter though, wonder how that would work.
I wonder if a Gator Grip Socket would work?
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