O/T removing wheel locks w/o key

Hi my my son changed a flat on his wifes 97 toyota and lost the wheel lock key socket.I would like to remove the keyed sockets (just 2 wheels) but how do i do it without the socket.Thanks guys.Mike

 

snap on do a universal kit or try an undersize impact socket whack it on and it might just work!.

 

Weld a bar onto the lock at about a "lug wrench" angle and unwind it while its hot. Protect the wheels from sniglets!

Dan

 

split it with a chisel

 

Try the any socket that hammers on trick, use it all the time, works like a charm.

 

This is how we do it at work when we do not have a key.

1) Take a 6 point shocket that is smaller than the key/ lug nut. Then drive it on with a 4lb hammer. Put you racket on and it should come off.

2) Then throw those things away!

This will ruin a socket so I would get one that I could return if broken (like Craftsman).

 

weld a bolt to it and just remove it that way....simple and you don't ruin anything other than a .50 bolt

 

weld the bolt, works like a charm

 

The 3 ways i've done it are:

1. Weld A bolt on (easiest)

2. Take a BFH and hammer a impact socket on it and bizz it off

3. Or if its keyed on the outside a hammer and a chisel work wonders

 

either an air chisel or you can buy this socket

 

forget all the making stuff and buying stuff route...I used visegrips and a hammer after that i threw em away because if you can get em off with so much as visegrips and hammer than whats the point?