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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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
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
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
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.
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 ...
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. 👍
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
mine was hardened steel with a small "lip" around the bolt. even if i managed to hammer the socket on, it didn't had much surface to grab on, and the teeth on the bolt itself was snapping of everytime i try to make a tool to imitate the key. good thing my wheels were different than in this video, and i could access the bolt heads with angle grinder without touching the rim. And also same situation, key went missing after shop visit...
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!!
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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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.
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.
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..👍🏻
Great video! Had Volvo oem lug locks and the key broke this worked very well thanks for the great idea.
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!
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.
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.
Thanks James, this worked perfectly on my Ford Mondeo 05
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.
Nice of Christian Slater to show me how to get rid of my locking nuts. Seriously, thanks for taking time out pal, very useful.
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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.
Worked like a charm.
Absolutely perfect. Thank you!
Thank you very much! Great solution without any sacrifices and with saving some money on the top of it. Edgar Dublin Ireland.
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! 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?
Super easy and works just as shown. Thank you.
Well done buddy. Great vid. Much appreciated. Just like u said.
"Everytime"
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!
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
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
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
H no I no
Dude! Thanks! you saved me $140!
Gonna have to try this out! Thanks!
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
I’m truly thank you so much for for sharing your time and your great 👍 video to all of us.
I knew to do this. But I needed a video to see just how much force I had to apply. Thank you!
As you wrote James, work's 100%!
I have a Peugeot 2018 with same problem. You sir just saved me 600 dollars. (Norway is expensive)
Thanks a lot worked out great saved me some money.🙏
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
Thank you very much. it worked. Me as you, didnt' comb my hair. That was the trick
thanks man, you just saved me a lot of time!!!
worked for me today on my 0’4 G35, thanks
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
Thanx James, for your informative video.
Trying this the second the sun comes up in the UK.
Thanks
Did the sun come up yet?
Your hair looks great!
You're helping the thief and letting me know im wasting my time getting keys. Thanks for warning me!!
Thank you thank you thank you. For sharing. I did it with your help.❤️
That's awesome! You just saved me $56! Thank you!!
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.
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).
Worked like a charm!! Thx so much
Bro thanks for the info. It worked like a charm.
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 ...
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!!!
thanks for the info you saved me time and money
WELL DONE , I GOT ALL FOUR OFF, NEW SET FROM EBAY 12 ENGLISH POUNDS.
MANY THANKS.
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. 👍
Great job, thank you
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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.
Wow, worked a treat 😁 Cheers
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
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!!!
It worked for me. Thanx for your video. Realy tgankfull
Just did this same exact thing with my 2011 Juke 3/4” 12 point socket and a Hammer
If you tighten the two bolts / nuts either side of it a bit more then it will help to release the locker
Just use a 17mm, we had a newbie take them off and didn’t realize it was a locking lug, thought it was broken.
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.
My first view of your video. I was hoping your cameraman wasn’t having a heart 💜 attack.🤳🏽
Thankyou for the video mate much appreciated
twist sockets work great !!
Thankyou for video mate much appreciated
Your video help me. Thanks
Thanks for the video it worked great
Does that trick work with any lock nut? or just that specific one just but a new car and the owner did not have the key for the lock nuts.
This will not work in every situation but it worked for me in mine brilliant idea.
Thank you, thank you thank you thank you. I did it because of you.
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.
nice picture of the class James
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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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.
Thanks for posting
Thank you !
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nice one boyo from across the pond
Good idea, and gets you out of a mess .
Myn is a 17inch hex head what size socket should I use 16 15 ?
What would you suggest if the socket just spins on the wheel lock and now both are stuck on the wheel
Good job snuffy!
great job thank you
Thanks for the video mate
Cheers dude job done,,no vice though,had to use a 10mm thread and chisle down...
Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
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.
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.
Nice job!
if someone needs more torque on the breaker bar (mine is only 1/2 in.) put a pipe over the grip to increase leverage.
Comes undone easier with metal pipe, as extension, on end of socket holder ???
mine was hardened steel with a small "lip" around the bolt. even if i managed to hammer the socket on, it didn't had much surface to grab on, and the teeth on the bolt itself was snapping of everytime i try to make a tool to imitate the key. good thing my wheels were different than in this video, and i could access the bolt heads with angle grinder without touching the rim. And also same situation, key went missing after shop visit...
Thanks! 💕
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!!