Wheel Locks

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15 years 10 months ago #1192 by SeanR
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If your car has them, and you drop your car off to have work done on it. Please do the mechanic a favor and put the key in the car. Otherwise it will cause the mech to destroy your locks, in order to get the wheel off. It also won't be cheap for him to do that.

:D

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15 years 10 months ago #1193 by 928mac
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Sounds like experience talking :rolleyes:

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15 years 10 months ago #1199 by Irish Legend
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SeanR;1227 wrote: If your car has them, and you drop your car off to have work done on it. Please do the mechanic a favor and put the key in the car. Otherwise it will cause the mech to destroy your locks, in order to get the wheel off. It also won't be cheap for him to do that.

:D

. How long did it take you Sean?

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15 years 10 months ago #1200 by Kiln_Red
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SeanR;1227 wrote: If your car has them, and you drop your car off to have work done on it. Please do the mechanic a favor and put the key in the car. Otherwise it will cause the mech to destroy your locks, in order to get the wheel off. It also won't be cheap for him to do that.

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Ouch! Been there and done that one! Half the time the owner doesn't even realize they have wheel locks.

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15 years 10 months ago #1203 by SeanR
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Once I souced the right tools, it only took 20 minutes to get them off. My lug removal tools wouldn't cut it this time due to the amount of corrosion in there. I took a 7/8ths hole saw and cut them down, then used the trusty Craftsman lug tools and they came right out.

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15 years 10 months ago #1212 by 928mac
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very cool. I have never thought of cutting with a hole saw, very smart.

I bet the heat from the hole saw even assisted in the removal.

Nice job!

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