As a novice to these I didnt know you needed a special 'key' to get these off.car came with no key, been here there and every damn where trying to find one but the one I need is not common! How much am I looking at to get the nuts broken off so I can replace them with more common locking nuts! I have a perished tyre that I dont want blowing out on the kids n me as no way of changing it at the mo.Grrr, your advice will be valued, Thanks!
cuda.340,
May 26, 4:51am
hammer a socket on the offending wheel nut & then remove with socket ratchet is the cheapest option. you only need to replace the socket.
biddy6,
May 26, 6:00am
Take it too the tyre shop and they should be able to get the locking nuts off, and replace with standard or lock nuts.
morrisman1,
May 26, 6:36am
the ones with an external locking grip you can hammer a socket onto and un-do them that way. if the grip is internal then probably better to take it to a tyre shop. Theres ways and means to get them off but you certainly wreck the nuts in the process
woki,
May 26, 8:42am
Most tyre shops will get them off , especially if you offer to buy a replacement set thru them .
gbbrot,
May 26, 8:46am
What use would something called a lock nut be if it didn't actually lock the wheels on!
If you bought the vehicle with them on, go back to the previous owner and ask for the key. The original would have come with the nuts.
brettley,
May 26, 12:45pm
Vicegrips and a hammer!
moosie_21,
May 26, 1:42pm
2nd that. If not, as above, go see a tyre shop, shouldn't cost more than $30 to get them off, then another $20 or so for new ones.
What kind of mags are they btw! Maybe someone in the area has the same key!
devil99,
May 27, 6:50pm
get someone to weld a normal nut on top of the lock nut and undo it that way
eddienz,
May 27, 9:37pm
cold chisel and hammer allways gets them off
kimbak,
May 30, 3:48pm
hi i am having the same problem! brought a van and have only just realised that there is no key for the nuts! took its to ALL tyres shops in our small town and they couldnt get them off but have completely mangled 1 of the nuts. dont really want to get the stud drilled out, anyone got any other suggestions PLEASE!
jezz43,
May 30, 3:58pm
vice grips on the nuts or use a nut cracker
flybye_in_a_rx7,
May 30, 4:20pm
talk t previous owner! or take it to the city!
taipan4,
May 30, 5:18pm
Bought a 4wd with these locknuts on got a flat tyre at home rang the deALER he didn't want to know, ground squares on them with an angle grinder got em off and changed for standard ones.
roryton,
May 30, 5:21pm
tony's tyres - 40 bucks they took it off and replaced with new lock nuts. :) and got my window cleaned and tires sprayed.
ema1,
May 30, 5:45pm
I had to remove a set years ago that the owner lost the "puzzle key" socket used for removing the lock nuts. I ground a slot in them with an angle grinder and used a brace with a "chisel tip" end on it to remove them, had to grind the chisel tip down a bit to make the fit snug though. Worked like a charm, good job he had a new spare set as our spares department didn't have any at the time as all the new mag wheels we had were fitted onto show room cars that had been sold and were waiting to be driven away!
neville48,
Apr 20, 8:41am
Wow, Tonys tyres here tried to undo our locknuts obviously holding the impact gun in his weak hand and picking his nose with his other hand and stripped the guts out of two out four of them, didnt do the job that was supposed to have been done then sent the car off again only to hand the problem back to me.Yea Right.
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