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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 03:49 PM
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Well, brought my car in for a safety today....I call them to see if it's done they say oh we can't get the wheels off because there's a key-lock on each wheel. The guy that I bought the car off of failed to mention this, and he didn't give me the key. I phoned Ford and they said they have a million different ones and wouldn't know which one it'd be. Phoned Canadian Tire, they have no tool to get them off....so yeah i'm pretty much screwed.
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 03:54 PM
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If the garage is too dumb to find a solution to that, then perhaps it's time to take it to a new garage. Just pound a socket on there and take them off. Then replace them with regular lug nuts.
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 04:00 PM
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What about the LOCK? there's a key in there that unlocks it....
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 04:06 PM
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lol you dont need an ACTUAL key for it its just a special shaped socket to take it off, take samseeds advice
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 04:06 PM
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sigh
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 04:17 PM
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they do sell special tools to remove them
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 04:22 PM
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yea its called a ****ing air hammer... i deal w. that all the time... and try the socket thing... if no luck i chisel that bitch off w. the air hammer
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 04:30 PM
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lol, I had to grind'em with a heavy duty disc
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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the socket move works. buy a cheap socket that will "just about" fit over it and hammer tha sum of a bitch on. you could kiss the socket good bye after that but oh well.
Old Aug 30, 2007 | 04:52 PM
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I lost mine and took it to my small town Ford garage and in about 10 minutes they had a book that showed all the different keys out there and ordered me one. Actually they ordred me two of them incase I lost one again. LOL.



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