Broken wheel lock.

[diamonds are forever]

Hey tuners i'm in a bit of a problem here. My wheel lock key broke of when trying to tighten the wheel lock. Now i'm stuck with all the four wheels having locks and no key to remove them. What's the easiest way to remove those locks without damaging the rims.

[dredman1]

LOL - this post just lower down from yours on the same page. Good luck.

http://forums.trinituner.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=276339

[jnqaz]

get a gator grip socket.
http://www.toolsforstagecraft.com/gatorgripkit.jpg

if the lock is perfectly round or the gator grip doesn't get enough grip get a hammer and chisel and make some indentations in it.

[legendkiller@1891]

[vans]

last time that happen to me i used an 18 socket knocked it in with a hammer and took it out

[azlan]

I went by a welder and he had to kinda cut the locks with the torch but I had minor damages to the rim. Since the rim was blk and silver it was not too noticeable but if you have chrome it may look real bad.....

[neckto]

cant you mig weld the broken lock so you can use it back at least once? if it cant weld to it self you may be able to weld it to a socket

[azlan]

yeah neckto you mig weld it to remove the broken lock. Have to put on new ones one time.

[mannh01]

Good old hammer and chisel, never leave home without it.......had same problem, however it was a flat tyre in a dark road without lights and houses were few and far apart...had to walk some distance to get hammer and chisel and beat the locks out...never used wheel locks again....

[larafan]