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> Wheel lock troubles..., How can I remove these without the key?
splashfx
post Sep 12 2005, 10:55 AM
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Hey everyone,

Looking for some ideas on removing my wheel locks. I've taken it to tire centers and they say that they can't do anything. So, I come to you, the great community of 914club, for help.

I will try to post some pictures, but I haven't done this before...

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post Sep 12 2005, 10:56 AM
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Weld a nut to the end of them and off they will come
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post Sep 12 2005, 10:58 AM
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Excellent idea! I was thinking of drilling them and doing the E-Z out thing, but I like that much better.


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post Sep 12 2005, 10:59 AM
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Here is another crappy pic from my cell phone - just to show my car. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)


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post Sep 12 2005, 11:00 AM
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Oh, and one more thought - why would anyone put wheel locks on a set of Riviera's? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
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post Sep 12 2005, 11:42 AM
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It would be hard to get the tip of a welder in there. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/huh.gif)

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Are you trying to save the wheels?
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post Sep 12 2005, 11:44 AM
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get a 1/2 drive socket... that is approx the right size...

get a 5 lb sledge, and beat the Fuc**r on. then get your breaker bar and turn anticlockwise......


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post Sep 12 2005, 01:00 PM
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I would like to save the wheels, because I have nothing to replace them with at the current time.

Hmm, I don't know about using the sledge technique, but I'll keep it in mind. Knowing my luck I would stumble mid-swing and hit a fender. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

I appreciate all the input. If I can get it in there with my welder, I'm going to try that - but it's gonna be tight!
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post Sep 12 2005, 01:07 PM
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QUOTE (splashfx @ Sep 12 2005, 10:00 AM)
Oh, and one more thought - why would anyone put wheel locks on a set of Riviera's? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)

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post Sep 12 2005, 01:13 PM
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Hold the train there mensas (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)

Those look like standard FLAPS wheel locks.

Go down to your local FLAPS, ask to see various wheel locks. The set they will have a "key" in them. Buy a set and then return them after you get the wheel off. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post Sep 12 2005, 01:39 PM
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I wouldn't mind buying a set "if" I can find a key that will fit. I assumed that there were a very large number of keys (but I know that I should assume that every assumption I make is wrong. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) ). It's worth a shot and would save a ton of time and effort.

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post Sep 12 2005, 03:14 PM
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I had same problem (Riviera's too!). Couldn't find a "key" so took the car to a local tire shop, hoping they might have a key collection.
Didn't have one but the guy in the shop got a wide blade screwdriver with a square shank, stuck the blade in and used vice grips to turn the lock nut. Broke one screwdriver (Snap On!), got another and did all 4 wheels. Probably got a new driver on warranty.
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post Sep 12 2005, 03:23 PM
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Those look like the McGard wheel locks popular in the 70s and 80s. Make some calls and see if a tire store in yer area still has a collection of the keys....NASCAR Nation should have tons of those things still being used....bet Billy Bob the local car thief has a string of them on a ring of bailing wire.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)

Aaron has the best idea for removal w/o a key. If ya can't swing a mallet to hit a socket ya shouldn't be owning a 914......a BFH is an important tool.

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post Sep 12 2005, 03:47 PM
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if you use a nut you can weld on inside of the nut! Hit opening with anti-spatter first, It will be fine
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post Sep 12 2005, 04:00 PM
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I had lost the key to the wheel locks on my C5 and I took it to a local tire shop and they got all four of them off by using some special tool they had just for these problems. Yours are a different type of wheel lock but might be worth running by or calling a couple of shops to see what they can do.

By the way I found the key in my son's toy chest acouple of weeks later.
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post Sep 12 2005, 04:07 PM
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You may actually be able to buy just the key from McGuard.

When we bought a used Honda with the wheel locks, the owner didn't know where the key was. I contacted Mcguard, and sent them tracings and pictures of the lock. I had a matching key in a few days.
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post Sep 12 2005, 04:12 PM
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QUOTE (tommy914 @ Sep 12 2005, 03:07 PM)
You may actually be able to buy just the key from McGuard.

When we bought a used Honda with the wheel locks, the owner didn't know where the key was. I contacted Mcguard, and sent them tracings and pictures of the lock. I had a matching key in a few days.

ill use that when i need to steal some nice rims off a car with wheel locks (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
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post Sep 12 2005, 04:29 PM
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my fellow jeep people use the sledge technique all the time...

if you want the safe way, mail me your address...i have that exact kind of key for those locks...it's used on my 31inch spare tire.
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post Sep 12 2005, 05:14 PM
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QUOTE (tdgray @ Sep 12 2005, 03:13 PM)
Hold the train there mensas (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)

'Mensans'

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