[Z06] Lost wheel lock

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Jul 4, 2010 | 08:34 AM

gmccreary

Thread Starter

Drifting

Joined: Feb 2007

Posts: 1,418

Likes: 21

From: Macon, GA

Lost wheel lock

I can't find the key to my locking lug nut. Any suggestions on how to get the locking nut off? I intend to replace these once I get them off.

Jul 4, 2010 | 08:54 AM

luanne56

Advanced

Joined: Nov 2004

Posts: 74

Likes: 0

From: Kansas

My husband went to O'Reillys and they had something that took them right off.

Jul 4, 2010 | 09:46 AM

Omaha02Z06

Melting Slicks

Joined: Jul 2008

Posts: 2,000

Likes: 2

Get a slightly smaller socket and hammer it on. That’ll get it off.

Jul 4, 2010 | 11:12 AM

gmccreary

Thread Starter

Drifting

Joined: Feb 2007

Posts: 1,418

Likes: 21

From: Macon, GA

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omaha02Z06

Get a slightly smaller socket and hammer it on. That’ll get it off.

Guess I need 4 slightly smaller sockets if I can't the first one off the lock lugnut.

Jul 4, 2010 | 04:54 PM

Omaha02Z06

Melting Slicks

Joined: Jul 2008

Posts: 2,000

Likes: 2

Should be able to get it out pretty easily. Worse comes to worse stick the socket in a vice and with a flat blade screw driver tap the nut out.

Jul 5, 2010 | 03:25 PM

lwise4

Burning Brakes

Joined: Aug 2006

Posts: 1,147

Likes: 18

From: Thompsons Station Tennessee

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmccreary

I can't find the key to my locking lug nut. Any suggestions on how to get the locking nut off? I intend to replace these once I get them off.

I went to the Chevy dealer and they had sets of locknut keys. They took them off for free and I bought a new set.

Jul 5, 2010 | 06:08 PM

gmccreary

Thread Starter

Drifting

Joined: Feb 2007

Posts: 1,418

Likes: 21

From: Macon, GA

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omaha02Z06

Should be able to get it out pretty easily. Worse comes to worse stick the socket in a vice and with a flat blade screw driver tap the nut out.

Got them off.

If anyone is in a similar predicament a 13/16th socket does the trick. It is a pain getting the locking nut out of the socket but with some pounding it works.

Jul 7, 2010 | 07:53 PM

ukester

Drifting

Joined: Jul 2007

Posts: 1,629

Likes: 196

From: homosassa florida

did you look by the air compressor kit?

Corvette Stories

The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts

Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!

Joe Kucinski

150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter

Joe Kucinski

8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time

Verdad Gallardo

Top 10 Corvette Engines RANKED by Peak Torque (70+ Years of Muscle!)

Joe Kucinski

Corvette ZR1X Will Be Pacing the Indy 500, And Could Probably Race, Too!

Verdad Gallardo

Top 10 Corvettes Coming to Mecum Indy 2026!

Brett Foote

Top 10 C9 Corvette MUST-HAVES to Fix These C8 Generation Flaws!

Michael S. Palmer

10 Revolutionary 'Corvette Firsts' Most People Don't Know

Joe Kucinski

5 Reasons to Upgrade to an LS6-Powered Corvette; 5 Reasons to Stay LT2

Michael S. Palmer

2027 Corvette vs The World: Every C8 vs Its Closest Competitor

Joe Kucinski

Jul 8, 2010 | 01:04 PM

had2have-it

Burning Brakes

Joined: Jun 2010

Posts: 812

Likes: 2

From: Metairie Louisiana

Had the same problem, tool suppliers sell what to me is an inside out easy out. A socket that has curved reverse splines that will did into your locking lug and allow you to remove it. When the lug gets stuck in the tool, put it in a vise "bottom up" and drive the lug out with a flat tip punch.