Locking Lug Nuts
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Run of the mill security lugs are common place now. More cases of people losing the key, than there of people stealing wheels.
You can even buy them by the set too. Different socket for most patterns.
You can even buy them by the set too. Different socket for most patterns.
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Another way you can get the "keyed" lug off is with a hammer and chisel. I had to do that once. Just take your time, and put a notch in the lug. Then hit it until it'* loose and you can unscrew it.
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My dad got a flat once and forgot the key at home. We were nearly 200 miles from home. Some guy that lived near by just happen to have a welder on a trailer, he came over and welded a big bolt on the nut. Then we just took the nut off.
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I've heard the hammer/chisel method and was pondering welding a nut to the end of it to bust it loose.. I'm guessing it'd have to be a good sharp chisel. In comment to DANTHURS post - this is the future problem I'm hoping to get away from.
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Nah, doesn't have to be that sharp really. That'* how soft the lugs are. It just has to have some kind of wedge tip.