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1. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: scott.hall@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 14:19:07 +0000; don't know how they got them off. I seem to remember that the problem with the removal tool was that it was too small - it didn't fit over the locking nut enough. also, the nut was the wrong style -; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00000.html (7,271 bytes)
2. RE: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: scott.hall@comcast.net; Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 14:21:28 +0000; no, but I've never had an unlocked wheel stolen either. probably should have been a sign that I didn't need the locks.; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00001.html (7,201 bytes)
3. RE: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: "Mullen, Tim $IIS$" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>; Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 10:56:36 -0400; I had a guy at the state safety inspection do this to me. Used the key in the impact, and sheared the key in two. Then he had the audacity to fail me because he couldn't remove the wheels to check t; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00002.html (7,506 bytes)
4. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>; Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 18:15:46 -0400; Or, put the bolt end in the vise and hit reverse (well, forward) on the impact gun and give the trigger a tap... Cheers!; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00003.html (7,318 bytes)
5. RE: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: "Gordie's Garage" <mg_garage@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 21:51:38 -0400; The only locked (or unlocked) wheel I have had stolen was a set chained to a tree in my front yard...and I found out who stole them and got them back! Safety Fast! Gordie Bird '62 MGA '67 MGBGT; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00005.html (7,576 bytes)
6. RE: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 05:44:25 -0400; Kids bent on trouble will. When I was one of the above mentioned kids, I used to steal locked wheels. They are far from secure. The gator-grip socket will take almost all of them off with a flick of; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00008.html (8,193 bytes)
7. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: Matt Wehland <mattw@webtripper.com>; Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 19:51:06 -0500; What kind of locks did you get Randall? I've had several sets of factory locks and then some aftermarket (McGuard) and none of them were that substantial. The factory keys are thin as can be and even; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00009.html (8,138 bytes)
8. RE: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 19:06:16 -0700; Sorry, don't recall the brand and I junked the van last year. The outside of the nut was completely smooth (and chromed), the end of it had a funny-shaped 3-lobe indentation that the "key" fit into.; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00010.html (8,687 bytes)
9. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: "phil ethier" <pethier@isd.net>; Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 23:14:24 -0500; of An old cheap socket and a five-pound hammer was enough to remove the antitheft lugs on all four wheels of Pontiac I was faced with. The owner had bought the car months earlier and had no idea wha; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00011.html (7,937 bytes)
10. RE: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 05:02:01 -0700; Sure it would, if the socket wouldn't fit into the well or over the lug nut. At the very least, your method would have ruined the trim (on the wheel you were trying to steal) and made it a real hass; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00012.html (8,027 bytes)
11. lug nuts (score: 1): Author: John Niolon <JNiolon@uss.com>; Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 07:48:48 -0500; I've only halfway been following this thread this week... too much work email and not enough time... Best idea I've seen for removing that 'keyed' (special socket) type lug nut without the 'key' was; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00013.html (7,417 bytes)
12. Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: "Brian C. Kennedy" <kennedybc@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:49:10 -0400; The local Discount Tire store lost the "key" for the lug nuts on my '96 Mustang Cobra and they tell me they will "burn" the lock nuts off and replace them with an after market set. I can't replace th; /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00041.html (7,671 bytes)
13. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:31:24 -0400; They actually make tools for this. Here's an example: http://www.mactools.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ItemNum=LT4000C a google search will yield others.; /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00042.html (7,479 bytes)
14. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:31:45 -0500; Your favorite tool truck guy sells 12-fluted sockets specifically designed to do just this. I'd be utterly shocked if a tire shop doesn't have a set. Here's a link to a set by Snap-on. http://buy1.sn; /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00043.html (8,587 bytes)
15. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:06:41 -0400; I bought a used car once that came with locking wheel nuts but without the key. To get it licensed I had to get an Ontario Safety Check, which means they had to remove the wheels to check the brakes.; /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00046.html (8,756 bytes)
16. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: Eric@megageek.com; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 00:37:54 -0400; They have oversized lug sockets that have sloted teeth on the inside and they are tappered. You just bang one of these over the keyed lug nut and use a regular wrench. BTW, it worries me that your ti; /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00050.html (8,654 bytes)
17. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: "Kai M. Radicke" <kradicke@wishboneclassics.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 00:59:56 -0400; _IF_ the removal tools work. A set of Snap-Ons failed to do anything on my VW. One of the less savory repair shops in the area had one of their 300lb gorillas remove the lug nut (or lug bolt in this; /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00051.html (8,541 bytes)
18. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:23:18 -0500; The Snap-On catalog lists a special set of tools for late model VWs. Never seen a set, so I have no clue what's different about them. (I've never failed to get a lock nut off using the set I've got,; /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00052.html (8,173 bytes)
19. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: Paul Parkanzky <parkanz1@msu.edu>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 02:24:30 -0400; My first experience with locking lug nuts was not pleasant. I borrowed a buddies car and got a flat tire an hour out of town (I grew up in a small town and you had to drive awhile for a fine meal). T; /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00053.html (9,518 bytes)
20. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:28:47 -0500; Oh, yeah. The tool has 12 tapered left-hand spirals. You tap it on with a hammer, put an impact wrench on it, and go crazy. Typically, you need to knock the lug out with a punch. It's pretty well che; /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00054.html (8,525 bytes)

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