Factory Wheel locks
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Instructor
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From: Dania,Beach FL.
Factory Wheel locks
Any one know if the dealer has a master to the wheel locks? Just bought a 01 and the run flat is flat but I can not find the key and can't get ahold of the seller. good thing you can drive when there flat to get me home
Burning Brakes
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From: Roswell GA
Can buy
When I first got my 01 used in 01, it was missing the lock. I sent my vin to a company and actually bought 2 of them for about $30 each.
But I would have to agree with the above post - that with stock wheels - nobody is going to steal them off the car - so I would get all 4 locking lug nuts taken off at once and replaced with standard ones for very little money and never have the problem again.
But I would have to agree with the above post - that with stock wheels - nobody is going to steal them off the car - so I would get all 4 locking lug nuts taken off at once and replaced with standard ones for very little money and never have the problem again.
Burning Brakes
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From: Fayetteville AR
When I purchased my 01 a few years ago i had the same exact problem. I asked the dealership and they said they would charge by the hour with 1 hour minimum (like $80 +). I also called 3 local tire shops and none would help me. So i went to my tool box and picked up a handful of metric and standard sockets and I tried them until I found one that would just barely slide over the locking nut. I taped it a couple times with a hammer and the lug nut came off on the first try. I took all 4 off in 10 minutes tops!
Melting Slicks
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From: Chicago N/W Suburbs
BUT, without a key, there are two choices that we have used at our church on donated vehicles with locking lugs and NO key.
1) Sold in hardware stores, a big socket with many spring loaded rods. It is marketed as "One Socket Fits All". Make sure one of the rods gets into one of the grooves of the key.
2) Select a tight fitting "Impact" socket. Hammer the impact socket over the locking lug. After removal, hammer out the lug from the socket. Impact sockets are thick hardened steel. They will not break or deform under such abuse. Not so with a normal chrome socket. It will easily break.
In either case, don't use an air impact wrench. use a socket wrench with a breaking bar, and apply force slowly.
Burning Brakes
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When I purchased my 01 a few years ago i had the same exact problem. I asked the dealership and they said they would charge by the hour with 1 hour minimum (like $80 +). I also called 3 local tire shops and none would help me. So i went to my tool box and picked up a handful of metric and standard sockets and I tried them until I found one that would just barely slide over the locking nut. I taped it a couple times with a hammer and the lug nut came off on the first try. I took all 4 off in 10 minutes tops!
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From: Dania,Beach FL.
Called the manufacture of the locks the code was in the glove box. shipping over night should be here tomorrow. Thanks for all the info. I have gotten over 100 of the Mc guard type of never came across this style
