Help- Broken wheel lock!

This pain in the ass snapped on me tonight while trying to remove it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get it off? Or has anyone had a similar issue? now the other problem is the driver isn't fitting the other locks now, once I sort this out, I will never use wheel locks again. Wouldn't have in the first place if they hadden't come with the truck.

Thanks

 

Find a socket you dont like that is lightly smaller than the diameter of the nut. Pound it on and remove the wheel lock. you may be able to re use the socket again, sometimes they are stubborn to get the nut out of tho


edit: to get the nut out, put the socket between the top of a vice and use a punch on the nut.

 

I had wheel locks, lost the key. So i got a `reverse thread` socket which bit into the metal to spin it out. Should still work for you even with the broken lock i hope? good luck

 

Did the same thing. Go to harbor freight and buy a p.o.s. socket (19mm if I remember correctly) pound it on maybe 1/2inch. Then tighten the surrounding 2 lug nuts and then loosen the crappy wheel lock that has the socket on it. Tightening the two surrounding will alieviate any extra pressure on the wheel lock. Remove them and tell the dealer you want regular lug nuts. Worked for me.

 

could possibly weld a nut of whatever size say a 3/4 to the wheel lock and then be able to get it off. just cover your wheels so they don't get slag on them.

 

Thanks guys. I think I will bash a socket on. If all else fails I'll go for the weld.

Brutal, I always wondered if they would strip. never thought they would just break.POS

 

Buddy of mine used to work in a tire shop. He said they used to use a gator grip socket to remove broken locks or locks with lost keys. You could always just pass by a shop and see if they'll take it off for you.

 

Thats the ticket! Works very well

 

I pounded a 19 mm star socket on to mine with a hammer and it got enough grip to break it off. Socket ended up being fine to, although no promises can be made.

 

How much are the reverse thread sockets?

 

If you're gonna try pounding one on there, I've had better luck using impact grade rather than the normal sockets.

If you're going to use locking lugs, get GOOD ones. Ones I've used with good luck have always been the gorilla locking lugs where the "key" doesn't sit into a design on the tip of the lug, but rather the edges of the lug all the the way from the tip to the cone at the wheel surface are actually ridged and cut so that a regular socket won't fit. And gorilla makes quality lugs.. Locking or not.

Just my .02

YMMV

 

A good tire shop will take it off for free.

 

15 minutes ago, I didn't know I needed that.

 

save the money and do this.. Thats what I would do

 

x2 for Gorilla. I switched out all of mine because Toyota OEM lugs are pieces of shit that were quickly rounding off. I got rid of them before they left me screwed somewhere.

Gorilla's spline-drive design is far superior.

 

Glad to return the favor...your 'bjmoose installs OME with pics' thread help a lot (torque specs and your order of operations) while doing my suspension work.

 

19mm socket worked like a charm. Thanks a lot guys. I just bought a $6 canadian tire socket, sockets dead, but 6 bucks isn't to bad for a fix. I would have expected more from toyota wheel locks.