View Full Version : Lug nut lock key lost, need help identifying brand
miucus
12-06-2007, 05:30 PM
hey guys i cant seem to find my lug nut lock. anyone know what brand these lug nuts locks are? they came with my wheels so im not sure what they are. or if any of you guys in the socal area has the same key and willing to let me borrow it let me know!
http://i11.tinypic.com/6jdr72g.jpg
http://i8.tinypic.com/6lxewpx.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/6q9gln6.jpg
http://i12.tinypic.com/855py6u.jpg
thanks!
!Zar!
12-06-2007, 05:34 PM
Just hammer a socket on.
gotta240
12-06-2007, 07:49 PM
or do it the easy way, go to autozone and buy the set 4 lug nuts with the key for 10 bucks.
I'm guessing they are the autozone/universal cheap ass brand
kouki_s14
12-06-2007, 07:53 PM
or do it the easy way, go to autozone and buy the set 4 lug nuts with the key for 10 bucks.
I'm guessing they are the autozone/universal cheap ass brand
i 2nd that, i got those because a shop stripped one of my lugs and i needed a quick fix. Looks like the same one i got.
DCP94
12-06-2007, 07:56 PM
i say just use a socket on it
DCP94
12-06-2007, 07:56 PM
its free and easy :-)
240look'n
12-06-2007, 08:07 PM
a larg hex socket may work, thats what we use at work...
but from what i have delt with those nuts are a pain in the ass when
they rust
good luck
jdms-14
12-06-2007, 08:16 PM
or go to a discount tire or a tire place and ask them to let u borrow it real quick
ayuaddict
12-06-2007, 08:23 PM
yea use a damn socket, hammer it on and its off.
gotta240
12-06-2007, 09:06 PM
not real fun when theres 20 of them.. easier to drop 10 bones.
miucus
12-06-2007, 10:53 PM
thanks for the reponses. i decided to go with hammering a socket on. i got 3 out of 4 off. the last one is striped to the max so theres no way i can get that off. any suggestions? can i bring it to a shop and they can break the nut off?
Doluck
12-06-2007, 10:56 PM
you know that just an universal style splin tuner lug.... A key is like $5... they are all the same.
miucus
12-06-2007, 11:17 PM
its the splines that are striped. there are no more grooves so tehre is no way for the socket to get a grip...
A Spec Products
12-06-2007, 11:20 PM
its the splines that are striped. there are no more grooves so tehre is no way for the socket to get a grip...
Channel locks or locking wrench around the body of it
And go to town
Doluck
12-06-2007, 11:23 PM
^Word.... or just take it to a shop... I have a tool kit for it from snap-on, but its like $500 for he full set. Any other good shop should have it as well..
AznDrftr.
12-06-2007, 11:49 PM
dude thats the lock key from the lug nuts at advance auto parts. I got the same one.
Check it out.
SR_Elliott24
12-07-2007, 03:07 AM
If all goes to hell you could always just use a die grinder to cut it off and replace the stud and lug. Thats what I had to do when my stud broke in the hub. Was spinning freely when I tried to use and impact. Pain in the ass to do though.
how are youse suppose to use a lug nut?
just got buy that key. its the same for all of those. like spline dive.
on those u can stick a 3/8 extension call it a day. or just go autozone or pepboys and order another key or buy a whole set and then return it.
miucus
12-07-2007, 03:48 AM
i got them off already, theres just one left and its striped to the max in the splines so a key would be useless. a key would just spin freely. the only solution now is to cut it off but im scared im gonna be chopping up my wheels.
Jbma327
12-07-2007, 03:57 AM
Bring it to a shop. They should have a kit to remove these and any nuts. Is a snap-on kit.
ixfxi
12-07-2007, 03:58 AM
hammer + socket technique ftw
tamdo7114
12-07-2007, 04:02 AM
what kind of wheels you using? seems like it would stick out far enough to vicegrip taht shit and powerover hahah. f&f style
miucus
12-07-2007, 04:05 AM
yup tried the hammer and socket technique for this last one. its not gripping when i try to unloosen it. it just spins freely. and they dont stick out far enough to vice grip them.
motorsnail
12-07-2007, 11:39 AM
Just go to a shop they should have keys to different brands. I got like 8 different keys in my one of my tool boxes and I dont even work at a shop anymore. Its a cheapo brand because I only got 2 like that one looks more like a clover. Autozone FTW.
jhec23
12-07-2007, 12:23 PM
I had the same problem before. I bought a 1/2" extension and then I used my dremel to sharpen the corners of the extension then hammered it to the lug nut. It should make a new groves if you sharpened it enough. Use a cross wrench to carefully turn it out.
LB.Motoring
12-07-2007, 12:43 PM
hahaha
I had that problem on my s13 when I first got it,
I fucking tack welded a socket to the Lug, heat flashed it
and took the socket off along with the mad stripped lug.
Then again It was stock rims etc.
grind a notch across the face of it and spin it off with a big ass crowbar...
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