5 NEW Ways to Remove a Wheel Lock Without a Key

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I don't normally like and comment on videos but when a guy goes through that much trouble to provide a video, he deserves it. Great job. Thank you.

I can remember removing one of these from a rim of a Hyundai that had blown a tyre on the Nullarbor Plain back in 2000. A couple were trying to remove the tyre but couldn't find the key for the wheel nut. I was a mechanical fitter at the time and was moving interstate and had all of my workshop equipment in the back of the truck. I was down a generator and I couldn't use any air tools, so I had to resort to a narrow chisel and a block hammer. I managed to split the nut and drive a square shanked screwdriver in far enough to be able to rotate it with the help of a spanner and a pipe over the end for leverage. It was 2am, pitch black and freezing and I had to work in the dust from the wash of a couple of road trains but I finally managed to rotate half of the nut off the stud and chiselled the rest around until it fell out. The couple were able to replace the tyre and were on their way about a half hour later. They saw me in Ceduna a few hours later and insisted on giving me $20. Half my luck.

Great job, Matt. Appreciate your time and expense to show us how it’s done.

My dude out here destroying his lugs studs and wheels to teach us something. 🙏

vice grips and crescent wrenches have a little more torque if you flip them over and use in the direction of the offset angle.

I did my pal's Volvo about 15 years ago. I put a short piece of pipe (about 2 inches long) and welded the inside of the pipe to the locking nut. By welding the inside it protected the rims and then I just used a pipe wrench on the pipe to undo the nuts. Worked like a charm.

Great video...I tried a few and found for what worked best on the MOPAR security nuts was a 1" impact(heavy duty) socket. The six side pushed the ring back and wedged really well against the nut. I got the nut to come off with a breaker bar.

13:51 How many people caught what just happened? I totally laughed at this one...

When you weld the nut on. Plug weld it. Weld inside the middle of the nut where the threads are not on the outside of it, then you won't have welds where your socket needs to go.

Great video - thank you for sharing! I removed a set of the McGuard today from an Acura using a 13mm 12 point 1/2" socket. It pounded right over and I was able to twist them off.

kudos for a guy who has an open mind and listens to his audience/critics. I thought you gave all ideas a fair shot, and quickly noted what works and what does not work. good job!

Thanks for the help. Can’t wait to steal my neighbors forces off his Cummins

you used the vice grips backwards

Excellent video. Thanks for taking the time to film and edit it and of course for positing it for our benefit. Keep up the good work! -Migs

Excellent video comparing the different techniques, very scientific and good engineering techniques, also good to know what works on Mopar, which is the type I have. In England, due to high humidity, the outer ring goes rusty, so even the correct wheel nut has to be hammered on!.In England they don't tend to nick your wheels , just the whole car, so they have the correct socket, which is kept in the car( I hide mine in an obscure place just to be awkward).

Back in the day I used to live in Buffalo close to the McGard factory. When I lost my key, I went over there and the receptionist took a look at it and I got the correct replacement. Later in life I had an opportunity to work with them with their special products division. The engineers take three days to design something, then take the next two weeks trying to break it. These guys like their job.

I laughed out loud at your chicken noodle soup bit.

Been there in the past and really appreciate the time, effort and expense you put into this vid.

So glad you did that video. I'm sure you helped a lot of folks for years to come. Thanks!