wheres my lugnut lock key located?
03-20-2011, 01:35 PM
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wheres my lugnut lock key located?
Putting a lift on today and realized I have lugnut locks from the dealership. Can't seem to find the key. Any idea where it would be located? If not ill hafta just bust em off...hate to do that.
03-20-2011, 02:00 PM
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03-20-2011, 02:04 PM
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If you can't find the key, go to your dealership, have them pull the repair order and find out who prepped the jeep for delivery, I guarantee he's got 12 on the side of his toolbox....
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03-20-2011, 02:11 PM
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I repair vehicles for a living. 3 weeks ago I went to rotate my tires and boom, no lug nut key. I have a craftsman socket I keep in my roll-away that I use for this very situation. I tapped it over the lug nut lock and the damned thing broke off. I progessively drilled the lug stud with bigger and bigger bits until I got the cone of the lug nut drilled loose. 3 hrs and 2 nasty wheel scratches later it was off. I pressed the stud out and had to buy a new stud and press it in. Luckily I'm working with my 1.5 inch wheel spacer so replacing the stud was done off the Jeep.
03-20-2011, 05:27 PM
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I went to do my first tire rotation and found out that four of my wheels had one shape lock nut on them and the fifth had a totally different lock nut. I only had the key to the group of four.
Luckily I was in my driveway not out on the trail or on the side of the highway with a flat.
Wait. It gets better.
Even more "luckily", the odd locking nut was only HAND-TIGHT! I Don't know what made me check, but I gave it a spin and it loosened right up.
The fifth lock nut of the group was in the bag with the extras for the spare. So I chucked the odd one into the dumpster. Seriously, WTF?
You might want to check your lock nut key to make sure you have a match all around...
Luckily I was in my driveway not out on the trail or on the side of the highway with a flat.
Wait. It gets better.
Even more "luckily", the odd locking nut was only HAND-TIGHT! I Don't know what made me check, but I gave it a spin and it loosened right up.
The fifth lock nut of the group was in the bag with the extras for the spare. So I chucked the odd one into the dumpster. Seriously, WTF?
You might want to check your lock nut key to make sure you have a match all around...
03-20-2011, 05:32 PM
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