91muddog

I am in the middle of swapping the tires from my truck to the 4runner.
The wheels each have the one lugnut that needs he special key to remove it and i dont have the key!!!!


anyone have an idea how i could get them off??
i dont car if they are destroyed as long as the wheels and studs are okay

Elton

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f128/removing-locking-lugnuts-without-key-87469/

SoCal4Running

Its also easy to take an angle grinder to them and make them the size of a socket that you have.

Numbchux

got one off my buddies jeep with a vice grips, but obviously you'll need some space around the nut for that to work.

weakyota91

pound a socket on there. I have removed 2 sets like that. or like Numbchux said if u can get vise grips on there that works very good

91muddog

i need a vice, i got one off but now its stuck in the socket.

the 19mm only worked on one and i used a smaler socket on the other one and now its stuck stuck stuck.

2wheels down 2 to go.

score: 2-Me
2-Truck
and im pretty beat...

TechWrench

Take the socket with the lugnut stuck in it, and put it on top of a larger socket with the lugnut down. Use a drift punch down thru the square hole that the ratchet fits into to drive the lugnut out of the socket.

91muddog

well, the end results of 5 hours.

i just took 2more sockets beat them onto the nuts with a BFH.
cheap sockets anyway.

byebye locking nuts.