[Z06] Lug not lock missing
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7th Gear
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From: Troy Missouri
Lug not lock missing
I have a 02 Z06, since Xmas and its time to change tires. There is no lug nut lock in its storage place in the trunk. I looked all over in case it fell down into a well. Whats my options? A friend has the same car but I assume his would be keyed different. Will the dealer make me one for less than $2000?
How long? I don't see a code with the paperwork. Ugh
How long? I don't see a code with the paperwork. Ugh
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In 2002 wheel locks came factory. It's in the owners manual, there is a special little storage place for the "key" in the trunk on top of the left frame rail just under the carpet. Mine had no key so I fixed it yesterday by buying 4 new plain lug nuts from the dealer and a removal tool from ORiley for $17. This is a socket set that you just screw onto the offending lock nut and it backs it off. They are especially useful for impact guns but mine worked with a breaker bar. The hardest part was getting the lug nut out of the socket. I ground two flats on the nut, held it in a good vice and tightened the wrench to remove. No more pesky locking lugs.
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If its not on the frame rail, and you can't find the number to get a replacement, you can buy a socket that has reverse thread it grabs the outside the lock.
As you turn the socket it bites into the outside of the lock I took locks off a car that were so tight I needed a 3 foot bar on a 3 foot breaker bar.
Someone made the locks super tight and used locktight red on the threads.
As you turn the socket it bites into the outside of the lock I took locks off a car that were so tight I needed a 3 foot bar on a 3 foot breaker bar.
Someone made the locks super tight and used locktight red on the threads.