break past lock nuts

[sycvs]

hi all need to know asap how to break past my lock nuts on my vs i lost my key to them 1 is a back and 1 is on front need to figure it out any ideas would be great cheers

[spannerturner]

the first thing i would do mate is my trusty trick i picked up yyears ago working in a wrecking yard and that my friend is by memory an 18mm or might have still been a 19mm DOUBLE HEX socket belt it on with a hammer till it is sollid then n one firm and square motion begin to undo your lock nut may take a second possibly third attempt but it will work well i wont put no guarentee on that thats for sure hope this helps mate....

[sycvs]

i will give any thing ago keep ideas rolling please

[seraphic06]

Weld a decent sized nut to the lock nut and use that to undo it with.

[STEALTHY™]

The socket idea is basically the only way without damaging other parts.

[spannerturner]

go try that mate and come back i can near feel that it will work if you hit it on firm enough make sure you get a good bite the second you feel it starting to slip stop remove ratchet belt on even hardert again then go again it should work mate, ill go for a quik puff on a ciggy and get back to see the progress hope i can help mate if it does not work reply and tell me if you have a blind hole which the lock nuts are sitting down in or if the head is exposed thanks mate....

[Verynice]

awesome, now everyone knows how to pinch a set of mags.

[STEALTHY™]

awesome, now everyone knows how to pinch a set of mags.

Its a time consuming, and noisy process......

[spannerturner]

agreed and im sure if it was you mate you would be wanting to know how to remove them... but yes very noisy process

[Verynice]

i work at a tyre shop, i know well enough how to remove them

[sycvs]

ok will try and get back to you

[spannerturner]

i work at a tyre shop, i know well enough how to remove them

well thats why your not asking the question mate, and we are here to help fellow members correct??

i totally see where you are coming from though and i should have sent it in a pm wasnt thinking and that i do appologise for....

[STEALTHY™]

Even so, to get 4 lock nuts off plus the other 4, and taking 4 wheels off will take a shitload of time, the cops could probably drop in to macca's and still catch a thief in the act it would take that long.

[Verynice]

lol cmon man it happens heaps. come out in the morning and the car is on bricks. lock nuts or no lock nuts

[STEALTHY™]

lol cmon man it happens heaps. come out in the morning and the car is on bricks. lock nuts or no lock nuts

I've had to do it myself when i lost my locknut key. Theres noway someone could do that in the middle of the night and not arouse suspicion with the owners.

[spannerturner]

thats exactly correct mate if a piece of sh** thief wants your wheels, mate i guarantee they will have them no matter what is holding them to your rotors/hubs, anyways im here to help people mate ok i know there are wankers out to rip people off but mate seriously it aint like we are giving the jerks a heads up as in oh heres how to steal a set of mags just do this this this n this mate it was a helping hand to someone in a genuine need for help mate anyways im out of this....

[DannyboyDS]

almost everyone knows this trick, those that are likely to take this information and use it for illegal purposes, thinking that this is some awsome new trend, are likely going to do it out the front of someones bedroom window, and someone like Cobez will come out, twice their size and clobber the living snot out of them.

in any case, a google search will assist any want to be car thief.

[Verynice]

google can also assist in breaking into cars but threads like "Locked my car keys in my car, how do i break into it?" cop the same kind of flac

[BUS MAN]

a trick i picked up, is to tighten the other nuts up as hard as u can, without snapping studs, then the lock nut will become much looser, almost finger tight and will be much easier to get off...i tried this method and worked a treat, no need to ruin some good sockets....

[clubby_you]

your wheel nuts are way to loose if you can do that

[DANNY8]

no need to ruin some good sockets....

I took 8 lock nuts off my stato using that method and it didn't even mark the socket.

[sycvs]

ok i used a lock nut key from an old set didn't fit so i used a socket smacked it a few times then tryed old keys they not fit so i bellted them on and they locked on very tight undone them and took key of the not and guess what
nuts are still fine so now just need to find my key b4 i put them back on
cheers for the help and i not mean to start a thread about theifs trying to do this but if any one that dessprate for wheels then they should lay buy them and we are to help each other out im sure no jc members are going to steal wheels we all got some already