Great Video, worked like a charm on my Jeep, the dealership over tightened one of my wheel locks and broke the key, they ordered a new one and it broke too. they couldn't take it off for the tire rotation and as always they blamed me, etc... So I was left with the problem, after watching your video, I tried this and in 5 minutes I removed the lock, the trick is finding the right socket, one that will fit really tight around the lock and hit it with the sledge hammer until you get it in there at least 1/4", I then used my impact wrench and bravo!!! It broke lose....thanks
This was very helpful. Word of advice for anyone trying it, make sure you use a socket that fits your breaker bar. If you use an adapter tip it may break off in the socket.
I had the exact same predicament (and the same color G37). Thank you for posting this and showing your process as a long shot without editing. It worked for me. I wish I'd seen this before I went and bought a new impact wrench and three sizes of thread-on "emergency" lug lock removers at Autozone.
This worked for me. Nissan Titan with locking nuts. Bought 3 "emergency lug remover" sockets from auto parts stores first but none of them worked. Then I checked the youtube. Hammered a 3/4 socket on and used a breaker bar. Each came off on first try. I used a torch to heat the socket up a bit first thinking it might make it expand and more pliable. The hardest part was getting the locking nut out of the socket each time. You may need a vice and torch for this part. Thanks for posting!
Massive thanks, it worked!!! The locking nuts were really rusty too and seized completely so i was sceptical. Saved me a garage bill or the hastle of drilling them out 👍👍👍
glad to hear it...however i have found one car a little tuffer ...the peugeot. they dont have a nut but instead have a large bolt going through the rim into the hub. but have no fear you can still with a few different methods make this technique work
Worked like a charm! I didn't even know that I didn't have the locking nut until the wife got a flat and the mechanic called asking for it. I even used a six point socket and it worked perfectly. Thanks man!
Worked like a charm thank you for the tip. I did it in very cold weather so once I pounded the socket on I heated it with a torch between the socket onto the lug. Then I gave it a couple more hits with the sledge. This helped secure the socket better to the lug and loosen the lock lug easier...in the cold.
Great idea, pretty much the same idea as getting some extractor sockets. Working in a garage I have come across plenty of people not having there locking wheel nut. I use the extractors, but this is also good too. To make it easier get a friend to hit the breaker bar with a hammer as you turn it slowly, this prevents it from slipping off. Works everytime. :) Great vid btw :D
Very good idea worked for me . I didn't have a vice I used a bigger socket for other side of lock lug went up against other socket beat it out with chizile. Thanks for the idea. Walmart was nice enough to keep my lug lock
I work at a Nissan dealership and we run into this all the time. Customers throw away their wheel lock key because they don't know what it is for until they need it. We have a master set and remove the wheel locks and either sell them a new set or a set of lug nuts. Any good dealership would do the same thing.
Just did this on my 2012 Nissan Versa hatchback with FACTORY locking lug nuts. I used the 19mm socket, as the standard size kept slipping, because the nuts were WAYYYY too tight. Not only did that inept Mexican spin my key off, he impacted every nut at 180#! James, you are a lifesaver! I used a 5# hammer to knock the socket on, as well as for using a bolt to knock the old nut out. Everything has been swapped out now and the new brake pads installed on schedule. Thank you for this video. I watched others that claimed the same thing, but yours was the only one that showed everything in real time and showed the gaffes. Amen, Brother!
I have viewed numerous videos on this topic .. all are very entertaining ... none but none ever addressed the real situation. You have a flat tyre in the middle of nowhere, at midnight and the weather is atrocious ... where in the name of blazes are you going to find tools / gadgets . BTW, this is the best working solution thus far Congratulations. The easiest solution is to purchase extra key and keep it with someone who could bring it ...Yes, you can order a spare key for the set ...
This works, the only thing different on mine was the locking nut had a steel collar ring on it to stop you from getting a socket on it.This is only made of thin weak metal so if you tap a straight screwdriver in-between it and the nut it will break up..then you can bang a socket on it.
Great information if you are in a situation and know that your wheel lock key is missing /. Lost. But if you don't know until you are out on the road and get a flat tyre then you are stuffed. Well unless you have a big hammer and the right size socket at hand. But still a good video with good information. And I have used the same technique myself. 👍
Thanks alot bud ! had the same problem i wasn't sure how to go about it until i watched this !Had to use a round extended tube bar to go over the ratchet for the leverage (otherwise no go) and that worked perfectly fine and also had to bash the socket onto the locknut quite hard for it to work properly to start with.
I have a similar tale with regard to the special nut but somebody has to have stolen mine. I'd taken the front wheel off to check the discs, found they needed replacing so put the wheel back on, the jack went into the footwell on the drivers side and I put the nut on the dashboard (so it wouldn't get lost!) and in went to order the parts, I can't lock my car because it sets the alarm off so door was unlocked. Parts arrive, I go out to the car, jack it up and the nut has vanished and I am screwed. I love people but I could take a chainsaw to some of them. I'll try your idea-i was thinking of cutting a deep slot for a v. large screwdriver with an angle grinder-wasn't sure how hardened the security nut would be so optimism thin on the ground! Thank you for posting it!
I have also taken a die grinder and cut a slot across the wheel lock and used a large flat screw driver with a square shank (if I needed to use a wrench on it for extra torque) or a drag link flat ended socket. This is a common socket for older (40s-60s) vehicles.
Here in U.K. there is a national company that sell everything cement mixers to tools very wide range big shop in most city's they sell a tool pacificly to remove lock nuts if youve lost key! Much easier hope this helps Stuart.
There was a guy with a Russian accent that did the same video got 2.7 million views you got work to do haha. All that said, work like a charm. And I'm never buying lock nuts again
My business was going down with all these lock nuts people are fitting on their wheels, i was thinking about changing to drug dealing but now i can steal wheels faster with no hassle, thanks mate! What would be of us thieves without people like you!
I have a infiniti jx35 & you saved me 75 dollars I dont care what all these negative people have to say let them talk there shit it work for me & I didn't even break my socket that I hammered on & if I do find that locking key in the future I still can use the locks.
I bought an expensive lug nut extractor socket set...the key lugs destroyed the socket...tried this and worked immediately. My 12 point socket was also ruined with this...but they are $8 on Amazon.
Now when your wife says the brakes are making noise you will get them fixed before it ruins the rotors too. I am guilty of the same offense. As for the video good job. Great info.
Exactly. Pulling up means you can also use your legs to push up whilst keeping arms straight. (Leg muscles being stronger than arm muscles). Keep your back straight as possible though!!
Hi, good video. Thanks!! My mcgard bolt head is 21mm diameter. I want to buy a 12 point nut to extract my mcgard bolts. Do you know the 12 point nut diameter that i need to use? 21mm? Or 20mm? Thanks
this is a great thing to do if you dont have a nut extractor socket. but there are dedicated sockets called nut extractors for this. rocket socket makes the best i have seen. they have a dedicated lug nut extractor socket, its double sided with 3/4" on one side and 13/16" on the other
I have to remove four locking wheel nuts from a new car I just got and even though I have the key it still scares the hell out of me. I'd rather have the tires get stolen rather than risk getting a locking wheel nut get stuck on there. Once I get the four locking wheel nuts off this car they are going directly in the trash.
Thanks - going to give it a try. I can't get purchase with my "key" - it's worn out. By the way, what you call a pry bar, I call a breaker bar. I wonder if this would work with a Universal Self-adjusting Socket - they go up to 19mm.
Works in a pinch, but Snap-On makes a tool for this. It's basically a socket milled into a cone inside, with some flutes / splines for grip. Saves you from destroying your sockets.
Bought a used Honda jazz, wheel lock opener is missing, will have to try this out. Called Honda they are asking £30 for the opener. Will then order 4 new wheel nuts to replace these locking nuts. Save some pounds. Thanks.
I tried this morning to get the wheel nuts out but the bolt has a round cover on too of it and it wond let me do that the socket keeps going round, any more ideas pls?
Unscrew all nuts and just drive with the locknut on until it gets lose. But be prepaired to stop and screw back the other nuts before the wheel fall off. I had to do this because i couldn't get my locknut off with this method in this video.
If you have expensive rims these wheel locks are nice to have. This vid does show how thieves get around these. I installed a shock sensor to my car alarm so if someone bangs around on the wheel lock the alarm goes off.
Worked good for me. I'm dealing with Toyota locks. 3/4 inch 12 point socket works perfect. They put the locks on with a lot of torque which made it a little more difficult. So get a bigger hammer, LOL!
“The wheel lock key that I religiously put in the glove box has disappeared.” That’s where I’m at right now. Where the heck did that thing go? I would never have moved it.
Not to long ago i took my car into quick fit to get a leaking tyre done, but then later fond out the locking wheel nut was so misshapen that there is no way they took the wheel off to fix it so must have bodged it for £25 but today when trying to get the same wheel off with the key, the key indent actually snapped off.
tried that last week on a regular bolt on my mother in laws car. worked perfect. now i have the same problem on my bmw. this time a lock bolt and pretty much no space around it to fit a socket over it o i guess i have to weld. :/
Just to let everyone know I went to my local car parts store and they told me where to go. You can order them. They're not impossible to find. Dont stress.
Well worth the sacrifice of a 3/4” Socket. Thanks for sharing and it likely saved me a ton!
Holy shit ...... cool second name 👍
Worked 100% my friend, I just tried everything to no avail, even soldering a nut wasn't working for me. Greetings from Portugal.
Just stole a bunch of rims n tires with this method. Awesome 👍😁🎉
FBI open up
Got any to fit my volkswagon passat?
Yeah I need a good pair for my volvo V40,
Hit me up init
Hell yea.
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Great Video, worked like a charm on my Jeep, the dealership over tightened one of my wheel locks and broke the key, they ordered a new one and it broke too. they couldn't take it off for the tire rotation and as always they blamed me, etc... So I was left with the problem, after watching your video, I tried this and in 5 minutes I removed the lock, the trick is finding the right socket, one that will fit really tight around the lock and hit it with the sledge hammer until you get it in there at least 1/4", I then used my impact wrench and bravo!!! It broke lose....thanks
I just want to tell you, you are literally a lifesaver.
Kool! I sent your video link to my son James. He told me yesterday he had this problem. This seems a good solution. Thank you!
This was very helpful. Word of advice for anyone trying it, make sure you use a socket that fits your breaker bar. If you use an adapter tip it may break off in the socket.
I watched this video and I had the lug nut off two minutes later.. and no tools were harmed in the removing of the lug nut.. thank you..👍🏻
Nice of Christian Slater to show me how to get rid of my locking nuts. Seriously, thanks for taking time out pal, very useful.
😂
I had the exact same predicament (and the same color G37). Thank you for posting this and showing your process as a long shot without editing. It worked for me. I wish I'd seen this before I went and bought a new impact wrench and three sizes of thread-on "emergency" lug lock removers at Autozone.
This worked for me. Nissan Titan with locking nuts. Bought 3 "emergency lug remover" sockets from auto parts stores first but none of them worked. Then I checked the youtube. Hammered a 3/4 socket on and used a breaker bar. Each came off on first try. I used a torch to heat the socket up a bit first thinking it might make it expand and more pliable. The hardest part was getting the locking nut out of the socket each time. You may need a vice and torch for this part. Thanks for posting!
Massive thanks, it worked!!! The locking nuts were really rusty too and seized completely so i was sceptical. Saved me a garage bill or the hastle of drilling them out 👍👍👍
glad to hear it...however i have found one car a little tuffer ...the peugeot. they dont have a nut but instead have a large bolt going through the rim into the hub. but have no fear you can still with a few different methods make this technique work
Perfect solution. Thank you for sharing it. It cost me $5 to buy the socket and get rid of the headache. Thanks again.
Worked like a charm! I didn't even know that I didn't have the locking nut until the wife got a flat and the mechanic called asking for it. I even used a six point socket and it worked perfectly. Thanks man!
What size 6 point did you use?
Thanks a lot ...it worked. They ve tried to charge me £25 for each wheel in a garage you saved me some cash thank you very much
Worked like a charm thank you for the tip. I did it in very cold weather so once I pounded the socket on I heated it with a torch between the socket onto the lug. Then I gave it a couple more hits with the sledge. This helped secure the socket better to the lug and loosen the lock lug easier...in the cold.
Great video! Had Volvo oem lug locks and the key broke this worked very well thanks for the great idea.
Great idea, pretty much the same idea as getting some extractor sockets. Working in a garage I have come across plenty of people not having there locking wheel nut. I use the extractors, but this is also good too. To make it easier get a friend to hit the breaker bar with a hammer as you turn it slowly, this prevents it from slipping off. Works everytime. :)
Great vid btw :D
H no I no
Very good idea worked for me . I didn't have a vice I used a bigger socket for other side of lock lug went up against other socket beat it out with chizile. Thanks for the idea. Walmart was nice enough to keep my lug lock
Thanks James, this worked perfectly on my Ford Mondeo 05
worked for me today on my 0’4 G35, thanks
havent tried it yet but after reading these comments thought it best to leave a thank you now, in case i forget bro - thank you
I work at a Nissan dealership and we run into this all the time. Customers throw away their wheel lock key because they don't know what it is for until they need it. We have a master set and remove the wheel locks and either sell them a new set or a set of lug nuts. Any good dealership would do the same thing.
Just did this on my 2012 Nissan Versa hatchback with FACTORY locking lug nuts. I used the 19mm socket, as the standard size kept slipping, because the nuts were WAYYYY too tight. Not only did that inept Mexican spin my key off, he impacted every nut at 180#!
James, you are a lifesaver! I used a 5# hammer to knock the socket on, as well as for using a bolt to knock the old nut out. Everything has been swapped out now and the new brake pads installed on schedule. Thank you for this video. I watched others that claimed the same thing, but yours was the only one that showed everything in real time and showed the gaffes. Amen, Brother!
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Well done buddy. Great vid. Much appreciated. Just like u said.
"Everytime"
I have viewed numerous videos on this topic .. all are very entertaining ... none but none ever addressed the real situation. You have a flat tyre in the middle of nowhere, at midnight and the weather is atrocious ... where in the name of blazes are you going to find tools / gadgets . BTW, this is the best working solution thus far Congratulations. The easiest solution is to purchase extra key and keep it with someone who could bring it ...Yes, you can order a spare key for the set ...
I knew to do this. But I needed a video to see just how much force I had to apply. Thank you!
Thank you very much! Great solution without any sacrifices and with saving some money on the top of it. Edgar Dublin Ireland.
Worked like a charm.
Absolutely perfect. Thank you!
This worked for me I was about to pay 80 dls to a mechanic with a welder than I watched this video. Thanks a lot
Thanks mate!! That did the trick! Actually I used a similar socket that is meant for nut removal and then the hammer as you did and it worked it
I have a Peugeot 2018 with same problem. You sir just saved me 600 dollars. (Norway is expensive)
Just had this potential problem but fortunately found the locking wheel nut but I will forever remember this technique. Many thanks!
Finding the locker is definitely the best technique 😄
@@geespar1 Forgot to add I found it about a quarter mile from where I live. I'd left it on the wheel and driven off. What were the chances! :-)
@@dontuno Incredible!!!
This works, the only thing different on mine was the locking nut had a steel collar ring on it to stop you from getting a socket on it.This is only made of thin weak metal so if you tap a straight screwdriver in-between it and the nut it will break up..then you can bang a socket on it.
Trying this the second the sun comes up in the UK.
Thanks
Did the sun come up yet?
Great information if you are in a situation and know that your wheel lock key is missing /. Lost. But if you don't know until you are out on the road and get a flat tyre then you are stuffed. Well unless you have a big hammer and the right size socket at hand. But still a good video with good information. And I have used the same technique myself. 👍
Thanks alot bud ! had the same problem i wasn't sure how to go about it until i watched this !Had to use a round extended tube bar to go over the ratchet for the leverage (otherwise no go) and that worked perfectly fine and also had to bash the socket onto the locknut quite hard for it to work properly to start with.
Thank you thank you thank you. For sharing. I did it with your help.❤️
Super easy and works just as shown. Thank you.
I have a similar tale with regard to the special nut but somebody has to have stolen mine. I'd taken the front wheel off to check the discs, found they needed replacing so put the wheel back on, the jack went into the footwell on the drivers side and I put the nut on the dashboard (so it wouldn't get lost!) and in went to order the parts, I can't lock my car because it sets the alarm off so door was unlocked. Parts arrive, I go out to the car, jack it up and the nut has vanished and I am screwed.
I love people but I could take a chainsaw to some of them.
I'll try your idea-i was thinking of cutting a deep slot for a v. large screwdriver with an angle grinder-wasn't sure how hardened the security nut would be so optimism thin on the ground!
Thank you for posting it!
This literally changed my life thank you!!!
got £100 discount on a shitty car when i asked the seller "wheres the lock nut key"... hence now being here lol
You're helping the thief and letting me know im wasting my time getting keys. Thanks for warning me!!
That's awesome! You just saved me $56! Thank you!!
I’m truly thank you so much for for sharing your time and your great 👍 video to all of us.
If you tighten the two bolts / nuts either side of it a bit more then it will help to release the locker
As you wrote James, work's 100%!
I have also taken a die grinder and cut a slot across the wheel lock and used a large flat screw driver with a square shank (if I needed to use a wrench on it for extra torque) or a drag link flat ended socket. This is a common socket for older (40s-60s) vehicles.
I threw mine in the trash and put normal wheelnuts on as replacements. Most cars come with alloys nowadays so theft is less of a problem (in the UK).
Dude! Thanks! you saved me $140!
Bro thanks for the info. It worked like a charm.
Here in U.K. there is a national company that sell everything cement mixers to tools very wide range big shop in most city's they sell a tool pacificly to remove lock nuts if youve lost key! Much easier hope this helps Stuart.
Thank you very much. it worked. Me as you, didnt' comb my hair. That was the trick
There was a guy with a Russian accent that did the same video got 2.7 million views you got work to do haha. All that said, work like a charm. And I'm never buying lock nuts again
Gonna have to try this out! Thanks!
Thanks a lot worked out great saved me some money.🙏
My business was going down with all these lock nuts people are fitting on their wheels, i was thinking about changing to drug dealing but now i can steal wheels faster with no hassle, thanks mate! What would be of us thieves without people like you!
I have a infiniti jx35 & you saved me 75 dollars I dont care what all these negative people have to say let them talk there shit it work for me & I didn't even break my socket that I hammered on & if I do find that locking key in the future I still can use the locks.
I bought an expensive lug nut extractor socket set...the key lugs destroyed the socket...tried this and worked immediately. My 12 point socket was also ruined with this...but they are $8 on Amazon.
Wow, worked a treat 😁 Cheers
Thank you, thank you thank you thank you. I did it because of you.
Just use a 17mm, we had a newbie take them off and didn’t realize it was a locking lug, thought it was broken.
This will not work in every situation but it worked for me in mine brilliant idea.
Now when your wife says the brakes are making noise you will get them fixed before it ruins the rotors too. I am guilty of the same offense. As for the video good job. Great info.
WELL DONE , I GOT ALL FOUR OFF, NEW SET FROM EBAY 12 ENGLISH POUNDS.
MANY THANKS.
Cheers dude job done,,no vice though,had to use a 10mm thread and chisle down...
Worked like a charm!! Thx so much
Hey Bro always pull up when trying to open the lug nut.Better torque
Exactly. Pulling up means you can also use your legs to push up whilst keeping arms straight. (Leg muscles being stronger than arm muscles). Keep your back straight as possible though!!
Hi, good video. Thanks!! My mcgard bolt head is 21mm diameter. I want to buy a 12 point nut to extract my mcgard bolts. Do you know the 12 point nut diameter that i need to use? 21mm? Or 20mm? Thanks
Just did this same exact thing with my 2011 Juke 3/4” 12 point socket and a Hammer
this is a great thing to do if you dont have a nut extractor socket.
but there are dedicated sockets called nut extractors for this.
rocket socket makes the best i have seen. they have a dedicated lug nut extractor socket, its double sided with 3/4" on one side and 13/16" on the other
I have to remove four locking wheel nuts from a new car I just got and even though I have the key it still scares the hell out of me. I'd rather have the tires get stolen rather than risk getting a locking wheel nut get stuck on there. Once I get the four locking wheel nuts off this car they are going directly in the trash.
So where do you usually park your car. Asking for a friend:)
@@Isaaccxv At my apartment where it is pretty safe. That is all.
A lot of the auto parts stores have a replacement key for those locks,just drive your vehicle there to get the right key.
Now you tell us? Bit late don't you think....lol
Nice one.... By far the most multi tool in the box the hammer....
Thanks - going to give it a try. I can't get purchase with my "key" - it's worn out. By the way, what you call a pry bar, I call a breaker bar. I wonder if this would work with a Universal Self-adjusting Socket - they go up to 19mm.
Will it work with spinning collars?
Thanks for the video it worked great
Works in a pinch, but Snap-On makes a tool for this. It's basically a socket milled into a cone inside, with some flutes / splines for grip. Saves you from destroying your sockets.
It worked for me. Thanx for your video. Realy tgankfull
Bought a used Honda jazz, wheel lock opener is missing, will have to try this out. Called Honda they are asking £30 for the opener. Will then order 4 new wheel nuts to replace these locking nuts. Save some pounds. Thanks.
I tried this morning to get the wheel nuts out but the bolt has a round cover on too of it and it wond let me do that the socket keeps going round, any more ideas pls?
Uk watching
nice one boyo from across the pond
Unscrew all nuts and just drive with the locknut on until it gets lose. But be prepaired to stop and screw back the other nuts before the wheel fall off. I had to do this because i couldn't get my locknut off with this method in this video.
If you have expensive rims these wheel locks are nice to have. This vid does show how thieves get around these. I installed a shock sensor to my car alarm so if someone bangs around on the wheel lock the alarm goes off.
Worked good for me. I'm dealing with Toyota locks. 3/4 inch 12 point socket works perfect. They put the locks on with a lot of torque which made it a little more difficult. So get a bigger hammer, LOL!
“The wheel lock key that I religiously put in the glove box has disappeared.”
That’s where I’m at right now. Where the heck did that thing go? I would never have moved it.
amen brother thanks a zillion, as far as your hair its not bad - have a great day stay safe
thanks man, you just saved me a lot of time!!!
Thanks for that. Next time, though, please ask somebody to teach you how to use a handkerchief - that was disgusting!
Not to long ago i took my car into quick fit to get a leaking tyre done, but then later fond out the locking wheel nut was so misshapen that there is no way they took the wheel off to fix it so must have bodged it for £25 but today when trying to get the same wheel off with the key, the key indent actually snapped off.
Always lift a bar never force downwards
the VW audi ones are two piece if you tried that the top layer just spins
tried that last week on a regular bolt on my mother in laws car. worked perfect. now i have the same problem on my bmw. this time a lock bolt and pretty much no space around it to fit a socket over it o i guess i have to weld. :/
So I got my socket on there... But it just spins and now won't come off. I have tried vice grips but I just can't remove the socket or the lock nut...
Just to let everyone know I went to my local car parts store and they told me where to go. You can order them. They're not impossible to find. Dont stress.
Thanx James, for your informative video.
I owe you a beer good sir
Not all lock nuts are the same though, some have a loose "jacket" on the outside specifically to prevent this method from working.
thanks for the info you saved me time and money
Like the sense of humor in this situation it sucks bad