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Car Forum / Honda Cars / July 2005lost the key to my locking lugs
Hey all, I put some 14" rims on my 98 civic, they look nice and all, nuthin too fancy. The guy who sold them to me also gave me a set of locking lugs. Well the other night, I had to remove a tire in order to survey some damage to it. In the process, I think I may have left the key to the locking lugs behind (the mosquitos were drivin me nuts!). DAMMIT. So I don't know the manufacture, or the 'code' to the lugs, ruling out the ability to get in touch with the manufacturer for a replacement. So, any ideas how I can get these things off? I think I may just go back to regular lug nuts, in case this happens again someday, but right now i just want to get this addressed, I am very nervous driving around without the ability to remove my wheels at will.... t Have you tried a really good pair o vise grips and a maul? DGB > Hey all, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > -- > Message posted via http://www.carkb.com Have not tried anything yet (looking for ideas before I do something stupid and damage them), whats a maul? >Have you tried a really good pair o vise grips and a maul? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> >> t > I put some 14" rims on my 98 civic, they look nice and all, nuthin too fancy. > The guy who sold them to me also gave me a set of locking lugs. Well the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > So, any ideas how I can get these things off? Snap-On makes a tool just for this. In fact, it's quicker than using the key. And the boyz in the hood know all about it, too, so.....just dump the locking lugs. You're wasting your time. | Hey all, | [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] | | t this happened to me with my acura integra a few years ago. i brought the car to the acura dealer and they made short work of it. they charged me $35. >| Hey all, >| [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >| just want to get this addressed, I am very nervous driving around >| without the ability to remove my wheels at will.... > this happened to me with my acura integra a few years ago. i brought > the car to the acura dealer and they made short work of it. they > charged me $35. I bought my locking lugs at the Acura dealer,and I suspect they all are the same,use the same key.  SignatureJim Yanik jyanik at kua.net Many garages will have a tool to remove lock nuts. It's kind of a reverse thread socket that grips the nut and turns it. The nut is ruined in the process, but a new set of nuts can be bought later at any auto store. But like one respondent here said, the boyz in the hood can get them off anyhoo so it doesn't do much good to have lock nuts. >Hey all, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >t _________________________________ "Take a little 5FU, leucovorin and irenotecan for thy stomach's sake." -- 1 Timothy 5:23 (adapted) I have a sad story about locking lug nuts. I took the old Plymouth Voyager in for its last set of tires. I wanted to keep it for a couple more years then get the new Ody...yup had it all planned out. The guy at the tires shop using a powered wrench reverse rotated TWO of my locking lugs! It destroyed the key and both of the lugs. The posts with the lugs had to be cut off. I can still remember the laughter from the welder. I did get the Ody, just sooner than I had planned. Mark > I have a sad story about locking lug nuts. I took the old Plymouth Voyager > in for its last set of tires. I wanted to keep it for a couple more years [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Mark ---------------------------- Any event (aside from a death or something) that caused you to get rid of a Plymouth and into a Honda is actually good news :-) 'Curly' > Any event (aside from a death or something) that caused you to get rid > of a Plymouth and into a Honda is actually good news :-) Out of one piece of transmission hell, straight into another... "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in news:elmop- 7F739B.22565924072005@nntp3.usenetserver.com: >> Any event (aside from a death or something) that caused you to get rid >> of a Plymouth and into a Honda is actually good news :-) > > Out of one piece of transmission hell, straight into another... Automatic transmissions,I presume. I've owned Honda products since 1975 and never had any troubles with the manual trannys. SignatureJim Yanik jyanik at kua.net > Automatic transmissions,I presume. > I've owned Honda products since 1975 and never had any troubles with the > manual trannys. Absolutely. Yes, auto trans. I actually had 151k miles on the Plymouth. The Transmission was replaced at no cost to me at 74k miles. My Ody is at 87k and is running fine. "Elmo P. Shagnasty" > Out of one piece of transmission hell, straight into another... > Any event (aside from a death or something) that caused you to get rid of > a Plymouth and into a Honda is actually good news :-) > > 'Curly' True enough! Mike (former owner of a Plymouth Duster) > Hey all, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > want to get this addressed, I am very nervous driving around without the > ability to remove my wheels at will.... I had to rescue the son of a friend who faced that problem on the freeway (d'oh!) so I called my friends at Discount Tire and explained the situation. Their method (which worked like a charm for me) was to select a six point socket that wouldn't quite fit over the locking lug and drive it on with a hammer, then remove it the obvious way. I used a Craftsman socket, but any decent socket should work. The metal peeled back as I drove it on, so gloves or great care are a must. The socket was then firmly attached to the locking lug, and it took a session with a bench vice, hammer and punch to separate them. The socket was undamaged. Mike |
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