Wheel Lock Removal

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Wheel Lock Removal

July 21, 2006, 05:19:49 PM

Ok here's the deal. I need some ideas on how to get these bad boys off. I got two of them off via socket and jb weld. Tried to repeat on the rears and it failed. Now I'm out of useless 3/4 drive sockets and jb weld... and ideas.

Hiizelp!

Wheel Lock Removal

Reply #1 – July 21, 2006, 06:06:56 PM

Cuttin tourh and Vice grips???
Heat till they expand the torque them off???

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Reply #2 – July 21, 2006, 07:14:32 PM

can we have a pic of your setup? you might be able to use a chisel but you have already told me that you dont have one. so...... have you tried beating a socket on there with some jb weld??

Wheel Lock Removal

Reply #3 – July 21, 2006, 07:26:53 PM

Quote from: 88turbo

can we have a pic of your setup? you might be able to use a chisel but you have already told me that you dont have one. so...... have you tried beating a socket on there with some jb weld??

I don't know why but the rear ones wouldn't hold with the jb weld like the front ones did. One socket was pretty big though... I may have to just go buy two more cheap 1" sockets and another pack of jb.

I can get pics.

Quote from: 84 Fila

Cuttin tourh and Vice grips???
Heat till they expand the torque them off???

Got the Vise-Grips. No torch. :(

Wheel Lock Removal

Reply #4 – July 21, 2006, 07:29:02 PM

go get a chisel..... thats about a sure fire way to get them off.. just chisel in the direction that you want the nut to turn. we did this on my shop teachers 57 bel air

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Reply #5 – July 21, 2006, 07:39:20 PM

Any decent tire shop will have a kit to take them off.

I got mine off with an impact socket and a sledge hammer.

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Reply #6 – July 21, 2006, 07:45:57 PM

Here's the two successful ones.

The failure

And the setup.

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Reply #7 – July 21, 2006, 07:46:13 PM

I have a key for the ones on the Vic when it had them would it workd on yours?

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Reply #8 – July 21, 2006, 07:48:01 PM

It looks like it will work, I'll get pics of it for you if you want

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Reply #9 – July 21, 2006, 08:44:10 PM

Quote from: 84 Fila

It looks like it will work, I'll get pics of it for you if you want

Sweet! Please do. :D

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Reply #10 – July 21, 2006, 08:54:04 PM

once again chisel......

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Reply #11 – July 21, 2006, 08:54:08 PM

I got to wait till tomorow, My freinds borrrowed my car. Is that cool? Try the chisel in the meantime.

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Reply #12 – July 21, 2006, 08:56:47 PM

dig deep with the chisel to get a good start..

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Reply #13 – July 21, 2006, 09:23:26 PM

You gota use 12pt sockets to remove wheel locks... the 6pt dont provide enough traction.

Wheel Lock Removal

Reply #14 – July 21, 2006, 10:39:47 PM

The key may "look" like it's going to work, but most likely not....they all look the same at a glance.

Looks like your best bet might be to pick up a couple more cheap sockets and try again. It might also help if you have a cut off wheel to cut a couple slots across the end of the lug to give the JB more to bite into.