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Jan 31, 2010 | 07:26 PM

#11

nba1341

4th Gear Member

Joined: Jun 2006

Posts: 1,246

From: Upland, California

Quote:

Originally Posted by mustangsinmichigan

theyve been a hassle ever since ive had the car. ive never had the wheels off of it so i have no idea what lays behind. haha. and its just a solid steel rim, not sure why the prevous owner was so scared of it getting stolen. haha

pictures of your lug nuts would help to identify them

Jan 31, 2010 | 10:02 PM

#12

JMD

6th Gear Member

Joined: Jan 2007

Posts: 5,469

From: AR

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Originally Posted by JamesW

Take an old socket that's just slightly bigger, and driver it onto the lock with a hammer. It ruins the locking nut and the socket, but it'll get it off

Yep, I have done this more than a few times hasn't failed me yet.

I have bought some nifty little sockets to do this job since the last time. These are best described as "reverse easy outs", have not tried them yet though...