Hey I lost the key to my locking lug nut..I only have 1 I need to take off, but I cannot find the key any where...I went 2 3 tire places, and a repair shop, and not 1 of them could break off my lug nut..its a gorilla style lug nut, and i'll post a picture of the car so u can see what the wheel looks like...if anyone has any suggestions please help me out

btw, this is for my 325is...I tried the BMW boards but they didn't help




Thanks,
Zoeb

 

somebody help this man!!

 

Originally posted by 02BlackWRX
I lost the key to my locking lug nut
Not sure if I would try this myself but I've read a suggestion to weld a hex nut to the lock, then use a regular socket to remove the lock. Depending on the welding method, you risk damage to the wheel finish.

A Vise-Grip® is useless, at least on a McGard wheel lock. Someone tried to take the locks off my GLHS but all they succeeded in doing was to remove the chrome plating along a very thin line around the lock - couldn't get a grip because of the case-hardened, tapered surface.

Others have suggested hammering a slightly oversized socket onto the lock if you have the wheel clearance, then removing the whole thing as one unit. No idea if this works.

Wheel locks work!

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we already tried putting a bigger size socket on the wheel lock..the problem is that there is very little space between the wheel lock and the outter edge of the hole where it goes in so u can't put to big of a socket on it

 

Years ago I use to work at Sears changing tires. If someone didn't have their key we had some special tools to remove the wheel locks. They were different sized sockets with a smooth inside (instead of hex). You would select one that fit the wheel lock. Then spin it on the lock with an airgun. After it heated up you would stop and hit it with a hammer. After it cooled a bit the "socket" would grab the wheel lock very snuggly and you could just twist the wheel lock right off. I'm not sure if this helps but I know they use to do it at Sears.
Good luck,

- Jon

 

bring it in and see if we can t ake it off for you. We have all the tools to get it out ..

cheers

gino

www.gb-motorsports.com
www.mpjperformance.com

 

that happened to me once but i went to the dealer and they took it off for me since i was there to get some work done anyways..

 

do people just throw away the keys to these things once they put them on?

 

seems like you are refering to me...I dont know what the hell I did with mine...I had it just a couple of weeks ago when I was working on my shocks, and when I went to do my brakes I could not find the key anywhere I looked all over my garage and in the car, I don't know where it could have went

 

well, i was referring to the group of people who unite to conspire to lose their wheel lock keys and clog internet forums with posts about how to get them off. but, i have no pertinent advice other than to perhaps grab it with your fingers and try real hard to unscrew those little suckers. or you could look in the paperwork for the locks and contact gorilla with the code for the locks so they can send you another key. but then again you probably lost that too.

 

Best advice evAr!!!!

 

thanks for your help

 

PM me and I can give you a hand as well. I'll probably do the same thing Gino's gonna do Whatever's easier for you.

jason

 

sorry dude, havin' some issues w/ the gf gotta go find an inanimate object or two to annihilate so I'm not a total ******* to everyone.