Ok, I bought this car a couple of months ago and need to change the brake pads. I didnt realize when I bought the car that it has locking lug nuts. Of course I didnt get a key for them. How in the world do i get these things off????

Alsooooo, every nut is the same. So, I have 20 locked lug nuts. Aaaaaannnddd, If I chisel them off, I dont know what I am going to do to replace them. The holes for the lug nuts are super small, and I dont think I can fit a regular lug nut in their places. The locking nuts that are on there are pretty small.

Anyway, is there any way I can find a key for these?????

 

The easiest way is probably trying to get in touch with the individual/dealer you got the car from. If they put them on, or got them from someone who did, they probably still have the key.

If that is not an option, I would call around to different tire shops. I'm sure they could get them off for you without having to cut the bolts.

If that still doesn't work, I stripped one of my wheel lug bolts before, and the dealer didn't charge me too much to have it replaced with a new one. This would probably be the most expensive option, but if there's no other choice, then this will at least take care of the problem.

 

one thing to try is those "gator grip" sockets with the pins in them that sears sold awile ago, i have a coupple ive used in situations like these


Don

 

I appreciate it guys. I did some research and found a guy on ebay that has the attachment that I need to get these off. It is called a spline socket. I already ordered it and should be getting it next week sometime.

Thanks for your help though.

 

I had a simillar problme on a 97 bird trying to do the front brakes (after sears decided to keep my lug nut lock key-socket when they did my allignment).. anways I got them off by taking a 13/16 socket and hammered it onto the lock lug nuts and then used a manual impact wrench to brake the wheel lug nuts loose and then finsihed braking it loose with a 1/2 inch braker bar (pulled the lock lug nut of withount doing any damage to the threads); after doing this a relaced the lock lug nuts with regular lug nuts (about $2-3 each at Bennette auto parts house).. but I only had to do 2 (1 on each front side on my car) so for your case it probably would be chaper to get the offical lock key online or something (geuss $10-20??)

 

Thanks Smith, I bought the key off of ebay. It is the key that I needed. I just have to wait till next weekend to do my brakes now...lol.

 

for future referance, Belle tire usually has them in stack, those are "Tuner" lugs(not locking, all of them are the same, locking lugs are sets of 4)