How do you find who takes locks off of car tires hubcaps when the key is lost.?

Question

My Daughter has a car that did not come with the key for her lugnuts when she bought the car. When she had a flat noone could remove the tire to fix it because they said she needs a key. Where do you get one is the million dollar question. Thanking you , A worried Mother

Answer 1

some salvage yards might have it or try E-Bay if all else fails try vice grips and then replace with a regular lug nut

Answer 2

Call around to various garages, car dealers, tire centers to see if they have a universal removal set for locking lug nuts that they can use to remove yours with or can do the pound on the socket trick. The dealers I worked at in Wisconsin had 4 different universal sets to remove most major brands of locks. I believe Snap-on or Matco tool truck guys usually had them.

Answer 3

purchase a Gator Grip socket from wal-mart or a auto zone it may not fit perfectly but you can hammer it on then getting the nuts off will be simple just any socket wont work cuz most lock nuts are just round you need something to fit into the design pattern on the nut and the Gator Grip will do that

Answer 4

i don't know where you are located but here in Britishcolumbia Canada when ya loose your key to the lock nuts ya just go to your local Bib O tire or Kaltire and they actually have a tool kit just for the removal of those nuts, it works great and only takes about 30 seconds for each one(one per wheel)

Answer 5

Take the car to a tire shop, your local mechanic or a good thief. You may also be able to order the lug key from the manufacturer, sometimes you can .

Answer 6

an easy way to get a lock off is to hammer on a socket just slightly smaller than the lock. then use some type of wrench to remove. like a ratchet, breaker bar, impact, electric will do.
then use punch to remove stuck lock from socket

Answer 7

the best way i have found to get them off is have a shop weld a lug nut to the lock nut and take it off,then throw all of those old ones away ,if you need new ones advance auto parts has new ones ,if you use a hammer you might damage the rims on it ,a good tire shop can weld a nut on it and run it right our without doing damage to anything, you might be able to drive an old socket on it,you,ll have to be really careful if you get them off make sure the threads didn't get damaged ,i have had to do this to customer cars before,good luck with it.

Answer 8

you can buy them at the dealership, whatever car u have find a dealership that sells or use to sell that car and ask them and u can buy one, but i would do as dodge said that way u don't have to keep up with a lock, but if u have nice rims i wouldn't do it, helps prevent thieves

Answer 9

Sometimes they can be "broken" off or cut off. Just take it to a local garage and ask their opinion. I had mine cut off.