[BadBlackGT]

Okay, so i seem to have misplaced my locking nut key. I put it in my bag, but the damn zip lock was broken! so, i really don't know what to do. You definitely can't bang a socket on it, and i really don't wanna wield a nut on them and risk ruining my wheels. Is there anyway i can find a same tool like this, or are they all different? Any ideas?

The lugnut looks like this.

 

[sickfox]

Did you not get a sticker or piece of paper with the key code on it?? They give you one incase you lose it. It looks like mine but they are prolly a little different.

 

[BadBlackGT]

Did you not get a sticker or piece of paper with the key code on it?? They give you one incase you lose it. It looks like mine but they are prolly a little different.

nah, i really don't think there is a code in the baggie... gay huh? :dunno

 

[sickfox]

Nothing came with it?! Thats very weird, they must not be coded or whatever differently i would go by another set and see if it works if not take them back.

 

[BadBlackGT]

well all of it came with the car, so idk where they're from... I don't think they're ford because the back doesnt have anything ford on it... its just what the key was in when i got the car. I could have i put the key back in that back but we just tore the trunk apart looking for it... URG! Its frustrating!

 

[sickfox]

Check your glove box.

 

[BadBlackGT]

Check your glove box.

Haha oh i did, i checked the WHOLE car, tool box, ground, shop, etc... etc... etc...

 

[BadBlackGT]

Well my cousin is coming by after work and he has the same looking key... so
:crossfingers

 

[sickfox]

Haha oh i did, i checked the WHOLE car, tool box, ground, shop, etc... etc... etc...

Damn that's really shitty!! I got mine with my car so i dont know what they are either but the look the same!! LOL Thats a shitty situation. Maybe go to some shops see if they have one like that and test it :dunno

 

[sickfox]

Well my cousin is coming by after work and he has the same looking key... so
:crossfingers

Good luck with that man!!

 

[BadBlackGT]

damn... it was a totally different one... I don't know if this is factory, can someone verify this? Because if so i'll drop by the ford dealership and see if they can remove them for me.

 

[casper gt]

any good tire shop will have special sockets to get them off, it really isn't a big deal, should only cost a couple of buck's to get 'em off.

 

[BadBlackGT]

any good tire shop will have special sockets to get them off, it really isn't a big deal, should only cost a couple of buck's to get 'em off.

Okay thank you! I was gettn kinda worried. I didnt want to have metal bead spots on my wheels.

 

[TheUNZippee!]

 

[BadBlackGT]

Amazon.com: EMERG. LUG NUT REMOVER SCKT SET--1/2" DR.: Automotive

But its perfectly round, would this still work?

 

[BakerFX4]

They are easy to get off with no key. Take a 6 point socket and BEAT it down on the lock socket. Be sure to get a socket that is just smaller than the roundness of the locknut. BEAT the socket down on there and then take your impact and it will come off! Ive done it NUMEROUS NUMEROUS times at the shop. Never ruined a socket or anything. You will have to beat the nut back out the socket.

 

[casper gt]

But its perfectly round, would this still work?

thats how they work, thats exactly what the tire store will have. they come in a few diffrent sizes & you pick the one that will almost go over the lug nut, but not quite & spin it on with an impact gun, the heat will expand the socket slightly & grip the nut & spin it right off.

 

[BadBlackGT]

They are easy to get off with no key. Take a 6 point socket and BEAT it down on the lock socket. Be sure to get a socket that is just smaller than the roundness of the locknut. BEAT the socket down on there and then take your impact and it will come off! Ive done it NUMEROUS NUMEROUS times at the shop. Never ruined a socket or anything. You will have to beat the nut back out the socket.

I've done this before, but with the weird ones like this...

I was wondering if i could do that with these, because they seem harder and perfectly round, which would be harder to do.
since mine are like these

 

[BakerFX4]

perfectly round is all ive done. You will have to hit it hard but just get a descent size hammer and its no problem. The worst part is getting the nut back out. I have to but use a vise and another bolt to get the nut out of the socket each time.

 

[TheUNZippee!]

But its perfectly round, would this still work?

Yes.