HOW TO REMOVE WHEEL LOCKS WITHOUT A KEY TOOL
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2017
- HOW TO REMOVE WHEEL LOCKS WITHOUT A KEY TOOL
Hey guys, if you buy a car with no wheel lock tool or you lost yours here is a video that will help you to remove the wheel lock without the tool and be able to remove your wheels. This procedure will work on most wheel locks. In order to remove the wheel lock you will need a good quality 12 point socket that is a little bit smaller than the wheel locks.
Please do not use that to steal somebody's wheels!
You probably do not want yours stolen either.
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Very good
Thank you so much for shinning light on solving my issue today. I actually bought a car a month ago and didn't realize the tire needs a key. I will definitely try your technique.
Auto Repair Guys Great tip ! .. thank you . 🤠
Auto Repair Guys
Thank you for your free training for the thieves.
Thanks bro been trying to steal these rims for hours 🤗
Caleb you're a naughty 😈 boy
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Caleb Zaccheo Hilarious!
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Hello, I just to offer a HUGE thank you. My son had a flat 2 hours from home, luckily got into a parking lot, and evidently after his recent oil change - tire rotation, the place forgot the key. We had to go to a Lowe's and buy the tools...but thanks to YOU knew how to take care of this. We literally just got home and the first thing our whole family wanted to do, is say THANK YOU.
Just use spline drive lugs
Same here.
HUGE THANKS! I tore my car and house apart looking for that key so I could replace a ball joint. I used your method but added a bit of heat to move things along and that lug came right off! This deserves to be the top rated wheel lock removal video.
Ya all making fun with the guy, I m telling you , I had three wheel lock from hell and I just release them . Thank you for your video.
Exactly. Some people need this video for legit reasons like when the security socket breaks. They are made like shit and shear apart easy.
Facts. I lost my key and was scared to drive around because if I got a flat I would be fucked.
I was going to install a new brake kit, all 4, and this was the only barrier in the way! I didn’t have a dam key for my wheels, some of us do have legit reasons
@@Kevinb1821fr I bought a car with wheel locks and the seller didn’t know where they were 😭
Awesome!! Thanks so much! It works for a stripped one too. I thought I was in trouble, but y'all totally helped me out.
Thank you so much for posting this video. I bought a car a year ago and didn't realize that each tire had a lock on it. After waking up to a flat tire this morning, I found out the hard way that I had no key to remove it. This trick worked like a charm!
This worked great! It cost me $45 in tools, but the repair shop wanted $80 to remove these on my newly purchased used car. So still saved $ and got tools to keep.
A couple of tips. I had to use a 13/16 socket. 19mm was too small and 22 too large.
Also, the worst part was getting the acorns out of the socket. I ended up tightening them hand tight on the wheel stud and gingerly tapping them, one direction and then another to hopefully prevent bending or damaging the stud. Worked great.
Wish I hadn't wasted half hour banging on that pesky screw!
lol the Mexican tire shop charged me $10 hahahhahaha
Dude, $6 for 19 mm fix! Thank you sooo much!!! Saved me tow truck fee!!!
I used this trick today. Sacrificed a 15/16" socket that I never use. Got me out of a jam. Thanks for posting, amigo!
These guys make good videos. Not overly complicated. They keep it simple and straightforward. I recommend you watch them.
Hey Thanks Fellas! This worked perfectly to remove some wheels at the wrecking yard so I could get to the axles. Sure appreciate your help.
Thanks for the tutorial, going to try this as soon as I get what I need.
Worked perfectly for me thanks for the video.
Thanks Guys! My little brother bought a 2005 Pontiac GTO with low profile wheel locks and had a tire rot blow out (original tires)... He didn't think to ask the former owner for the wheel key when he bought it from California... Let's just say this trick worked like a charm! Much love from North Carolina, USA and you've gained another follower :)
Thank you man. Discount tires stripped my lock key and now I’m trying to figure out how to get it off. Amazing. Thanks again!
Thanks a lot man. You saved me from those dealer monsters. Got the job done in minutes
Yes they just tried to charge me $200! So glad I looked at them like they were crazy and drove off 😂
Hey auto repair guys thank you for your videos they really help me out a lot God bless you guys you are life savers.
very useful, I stripped the security locknut, fortunately I searched and this video came right away. Lots of time saved!
Awesome tip….worked perfect on the wifes 2013 Altima using a 19mm socket
Thanks so much for sharing this trick! I lost the tool a few months ago. Toyota wanted me to leave the car (no way I’m turning that into a service visit). The place I bought my tires warned me they may damage the wheels if they try to remove the lock. I watched your video, dug around in my tool box and found a nice 3/4 in 12 point socket, and this worked perfectly!
Awesome! 👍🏻
Thank you so very much , my son purchased a car on April 20, 2019 and about 2 weeks ago found out it had lock lug bolts and after contacting old owner said he doesn't know what happened to it , your a God send , Thank you so much again and Aloha from Joey in Honolulu Hawaii
Thank you! Just removed my wheel locks! Cheaper and faster than going to the dealer. Now I can get my tires rotated.
Thank you, couldn't change my tire for a week, went to auto parts store and couldn't find the right one then ordered one on Amazon and turned it to be the wrong one, watched your video and was able to get it off, thank you🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you very much, I needed two 21mm sockets $6.45 and it took no longer than 15 minutes. Super simple - great tip.
What size did you buy ?
Nice one for the information lads looks like I’ll be getting those Bentley wheels after all 😉
Super smart. Thank you for filming also the hard moment.
Take care
@ Auto repair guys, I just wanna thank you all for sharing your information & knowledge. Nuff Respect from all of us in the N/E of England !
Wow! This technique actually worked, saved my ass! But extracting the locknut from the ratchet bolt proved difficult. Thank you!
Use a 50/50 mix of ATF and acetone to reduce the friction. It should help.
Thanks for the video!! the dealership was charging me $140 with no guarantee that my aftermarket wheels would not get damaged. A local tire shop was charging me $40 with the same no guarantee. I did it my self with the tools I already had.
forgot to mention. I used the same technique and socket that the Auto Repair guys used. My vehicle is a 2000 year vehicle.
Damn where do you live ? The Mexican tire shops charge $10 bucks to pop locks off
Tank a lot you Guys. Your tricks just saved my life. Had to unscrew one of those to get to one of my rear hand brake cable jammed in the rust and almost completely blocked the wheel. Did not have one of the bucks you have in the video, but i realised that the circular end of a key do the job...using another key to give me some leverage. Great tricks!!!
This guy is a legend, one up!
I had the same issue, after getting a flat, this video saved me big time, thanks!
another trick in combination with this one .. is to retighten the other wheel nuts on that wheel .. this may tend to reduce the tightness of the locking nut.
I like it..but the lock is usually not very tight cuz the key wrench won't allow it..
Aahhh, ic, yeeaah... "nother useful point. thx.
Yes. Most thieves will do this if you don’t. All professional thieves carry an assortment of locking lug nut tools.
Thank you! I recently bought a used a car and the dealership did not include the key, of course I didn't realize this until I went to replace my brakepads, this saved me alot of hassle/money with scheduling to have a mechanic take them off
Thanks for sharing. Awesome video !! Simple and effective.
Thank you thank you thank you. I lost my wheel lock key after changing my breaks. Left the key on the wheel lock as I was tightening up the rest of the lugs, was in a rush and completely forgot about it and drove off. This is saving me a trip to the mechanic. Thanks.
Same 😅
Thanks for the tip guys! I misplaced my key for my Ram 1500 that had Mopar locking lug nuts. They are the ones that have a rotating sleeve on them. Some people mentioned here that this technic not going to work with this kind of nuts. First I used a slight smaller socket like they showed(I think 1"). It destroyed the sleeve and made it easy to remove. Than I used a smaller socket (18 mm) than the first one and it worked!
Out of all the videos I watched this one shows you exactly what you need to do. Thanks guys you have a new subscriber 👍
Dealership installed the locks with too much torque. I broke the key trying to get them off. The key stripped out and broke. Now I have to remove the security lugnut without a key. This helped out a ton and saved me $$ trying to replace the broken key. Thank you!
“Some are tighter than others.” That applies to a lot of things of life 🤣
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Thanks. I will remember this simple technique!!
Matt Politze
Worked perfectly!!! Thanks for the help.
This video was a LIFE SAVER!! My dad and son just took 4 wheel locks off my son's car in less than an hour, and that is with going to Lowes to buy a long screw to bang the wheel lock out of the socket. Thanks for this video!
Thank you so much!! While changing my tires for winter, I broke my lock nut on the 3rd wheel and I was stuck 😭 With your trick it was so easy to remove the safety nuts. It was actually scarily WAY too easy. The hardest part was to remove the nut from the socket 🤣
Thank you!! Bought a car recently and wanted to change brakes rotate wheels but they never provided the stupid key -_-
Manufacturer does not make the key any longer, everyone wants to take them off for $80+ and they won't do it unless they sell me new locking lugs. Yall just saved me some money lol!
Same thing happened to me. Local dealership took care of me for free though. I didn’t even buy the car there.
Xihtan p
Same here got a flat today and felt like an idiot 😭 now I feel somewhat better.
This totally saved me so many headaches. Thanks 1000!
Thanks I just had to do this on my car and it worked out perfectly!
Wow, awesome, thx. My wheels are locked on the same way. Bought the car slightly used and found no lug key when I got it home. Had no Idea how I was going to rotate the tires, let alone fixing a flat tire on the side of the road... very helpful video.
smoothy 84 and now you can steel a new set
I very stupidly lost the key and this video legitimately saved me a trip to the car shop, really thank you guys for the quick and easy tutorial 👌
I also lost my key; also stupidly. Thats how I ended up here.😅
Very common technique. What people decide to do with the information given is up to them. Great videos.
I spent 2 hours going to different tire shops to see if they could take off the wheel locks on my back tires so I could get a flat replaced. After I saw your video I had them off in about 10 min. Thank you so much guys!
Thanks! You just saved my rear. I lost my key and couldn’t do my rear brakes until I saw this!!!
I’m going to do the same tomorrow. Getting my new wheels and tires
I have a removal tool designed specifically for this now, but before I had one I would just tack weld a regular nut to the top of the lock nut. I realize that not everyone has access to a welder, but just thought I would throw my ashop method out there.
wreckandraceify yea cause a tack weld would hold on no issue
Welding does work but it also can leave scorch Mark's on the wheel and you have you remove the weld and do it for each wheel...
I started carrying a welder with me everytime i needed a fresh pair of shoes lol
Thanks for the trick! Worked like a charm and no damage to the rims.
Worked like a charm brother. Thanks!
Now i can finally get my dream wheels...thanks guys
Steveo sure has hit hard times having to fix his own cars now.
*Steve-o's doppelganger is Russian!* 👍🏼🤔
Thank you so much, I just finished taking mine off using your method. 👍👏👏👏👍👍
I want to say to you young man thank you very much I spent an hour and a half looking in my car trying to find the key and your solution worked thank you so much God bless you and your family and happy holidays my brother
finally guy with a big ass hammer
Nice video....If someone wants to steal your wheels and tyres they already know this and other techniques anyway...
Thank you!! I was worried until I found your great video. Saved me!!
Worked perfectly. Thanks guys!
When I was younger ... I lost my lug nut key. So I went out and purchased a new set that came with a key. I spent hours with a chisel slowly turning the old lugs off. Then I had a thought ... I just wonder ... The key was the same as my old set. You don't get your brains until 35.
lug nut lock sockets have different patterns. very unusual to find two with the same pattern
Excuse Me ... Too bad the voting age isn't 30+
Excuse Me 0
When I was younger, used to mow people's lawns around the lake. One day I ran out of gas and forgot to bring the gas can. Thought to myself "I'll just DRIVE the lawnmower back into the truck and go get gas!" Then it hit me the reason I needed to get gas in the first place...
Many factory security lugs have minute differences in the key interface to prevent owners from stealing each others wheels (like garage door openers). You have to drive your car all the way to the dealership, scan the lug and wait for them to look up your specific lug nut key, it is then that you find out the cost and realize that you will never pay that much in a million years, just to remove your wheels. lol
thanks russian homies
Bulgarian :)
Cuban homies
702Truee indeed. Thx- great job!
They sound more dutch for me😁
@@AG-jh1ky Yes we are lol
This worked wonderfully and cost me 8 dollars for a socket and barley any time. Way less of a hassle than finding my key or bringing it to the dealer ect. I was in a world of hurt and this solved my problem. Thanks!
Thank you!! Worked perfectly for me!!
I had to do this when my security socket broke. They are pieces of shit that break super easy.
Did u use an impact ?
@@terp_a_derp_ I hammered on a socket that was a tiny bit smaller than thesecurity nut. Then used a huge ratchet
I've been doing this way for the past 30 years as when buying from an auction nearly everyone has had the lock nut key missing
Thank you so much for help.
My dealership wanted $150 to remove those. I did it with $15
Really helpful video
Smart mechanic, nothing impossible if your brain works.
Thanks guys
God bless you !!!
So why bother getting these wheel locks if anybody can do just this to steal your wheels?
I mean it’s loud and if you try this there’s no way you could do it silently and fast
They have to watch the video bro, it's an extra step many won't take sadly
Lets see it done to some that are torqued to 100 ft-lbs...
The bigger problem is how they were installed, if you replaced tires and/or had a brake job done at a shop. The boys doing the wrenching are going to use a pneumatic impact wrench, which will tighten it down well past normal human strength. I carry a manual impact wrench and a hammer in the trunk to help remove lug nuts that I find in this condition. A couple of solid whacks on it should loosen it.
stever, i use a 4 way and a foot.
@@stever5887
they are supposed to use a torque indicator to prevent over tightening, but I know that most dont and that they are inaccurate anyway.
dont go to shit shops.
an impact is ok for removing or quickly snugging up lugs, but never for final torque.
a torque wrench should be used for the final torque.
I’m with you bigdish 101 that nut was barely on there. Most nuts are too tight for that. Not to mention most of them now are deep in the wheel so you can’t get on it at all. So yes I’m sure it will work but in very few cases
100 ft.lbs is really not that tight.
This video seriously just saved my life thank you!!!
You saved me money and time!!! Thank you!!!
Do o need to remove the front fender first?
CrossesbyCharlie .
CrossesbyCharlie. , yep fender has to come off and the wing
Yes and pull the engine, that's the real trick
LOL
Many lock nuts spin freely on the outside preventing this technique from working.
Na samym końcu złapie.
I believe that is why he specified to get a 12 point socket. 👍
Just the new ones. Classic muscle that's sat in a garage for the last decade however...this works while making them road worthy again!
drumbmajorbeats no he meant the outside shell where the socket attaches spins freely. New ones lock into the actual locking part so this trick won't work on some newer cars.
Then you just use a chisel or drift pin and smack with said hammer till it stops spinning...THEN use the 12 point or basically and smaller socket...
I got a 16-point socket set from Harbor freight 9 bucks and the 19mm fit perfectly on the lug nuts for my 2010 Civic. Thanks for the tip!
This worked like a charm. Thanks man!
Thanks borat
gordon rettmann very nice!
You read my mind 10 months ago, 🤣🤣
You’re a jackass, he speaks at least two languages. You? You speak Russian with a nice accent, do you? You don’t even know the difference between “your” and “you’re”... you have a graduate degree in English, moron?
I removed a lock nut on a used SUV I bought with a pair of Vice-Grips...
CAphotos fuck yeah
I used a torch to remove mine
Thank you for your video. I used a 19 mm socket to remove the lock nuts from my 2014 Mustang. God bless you and yours.
Perfect Instruction Thank You
Thieves: "Aw darn how do we get this rim off now?"
Auto Repair Guys: "hold my camera"
If you are interested,Sears sells sockets designed to remove wheel locks
But if you already have a 12pt that works why buy anything
Marc Aliventi Aliventi if you can find one still in business
I am always to shop at Sears and Radio Shack and Future Shop cos I got time machine. Hey I just go back in time now to before I lose my nut-lock-key. Good thinking Marc.
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Mark S thanks to joeseph left the wearhouse manteno ill
Thanks! I just needed to get some off a trailer I bought. Worked like a charm.
The wheel lock tool I got with my car was made of pot metal- it stripped on first use. This tip saved me big bucks- thanks!
You could just screw the old socket back on a little bit and tap the hammer on the socket lightly until it loosens.
Marty Stevens wow ur dumb as shit
Thanks for giving thieves a tip.......
kenamaro he is stupid
I think it would be very surprising to find a wheel thieve who didn't already know this technique.
And thieves don't have lug keys, right?
grow up
Locks don't keep your wheels from being stolen...they make it harder and more obvious thus deterring potential thieves. This video is for people who have lost their key or never received one from the previous owner. If a thief is outside hammering onto your wheels and you're not coherent enough to realize it, blame yourself not this helpful guy.
I tried this and it worked like a charm. Definitely 5 stars. Thanks.
Thank you found this video when I needed it the most
Wont work on my vette locks they would just spin
This won't work on my rims. There's only about two mm room around the lugnut. Only the key will fit 👍
Good to know,, where you got them , brand, etc, ..?
go to the dealer, theyll gladly take them off for you and sell you a key and a spare.
Worked just as described. Very easy.
Worked like a charm for me. Thank you!
Those lock nuts were loose... try again at propper torque... or after someone has over-torqued them... 😉
This is NOT new... we thieves have been doing this since 1977!
Yes yes but this criminal he's being proud in 2019 CABISH ?
Yes, but youtube wasn't around in 1977!
I appreciate this video/ tutorial I know nothing about lugnut/ mechanic. Super helpful
Being Practical definitely is the cheapest way to go. Thank you so much. 🌹👍🏾🏆