Locking lugnut key

I'll give that a try before I start welding

 

Can I just go to autozone and get a set? If I can just replace the locking lugs and not the whole set that'd be great

 

Do you want new locking lugs or new normal lug nuts?

 

https://www.autozone.com/suspension.../p/dorman-single-wheel-nut-611-182-1/3142_0_0
Looks like these as long as the depth is correct.

 

Normal lugs, I’m done with this locking lug nut bullshit. They’re rusty 20 y/o steel wheels. Nobody wants to steal them, and I live in a rural area

 

Bring one of your lug nuts and they should be able to sell individual ones, if they don't you can try the dealer or ebay/Amazon.

 

Those should be the ones take one along if your going to the store .

Just to double check and be sure .

You only need to replace the 4 locking lugs unless you want all new ones .

 

Were these locking lugs on the truck ??

Then maybe you had very expensive Tires you were protecting ?

I think I paid $20.00 for the last used Aluminum wheels I bought

 

Nah just some worn Goodyear duratracs. Locking lugs came with the truck no idea who or when they were put on. But I had the key so I wasn’t ever worried about it.

 

Most Wheel and Tire Shops should have a slightly smaller smooth socket for removing McGard wheel locks. They put the socket on an air gun and spin it over the top of the wheel lock until it heats up, expands, and fits over the wheel lock. After everything cools down the socket is backed off along with the wheel lock with a breaker bar. No damage to the wheel, however the wheel lock will be trash.

 

There's plenty of room to work without that center cap. Vicegrips and a hammer, hammer and punch. But pounding a socket over that would probably be faster.

 

good riddance…extractor socket ftw. Welder did not work, I also didn’t prep the surface at all before welding lol