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I recently bought a 92 se-r from a guy about 5 hours away. Well anyways, i didnt notice it had special lug nuts that require the special socket for them to take them off... basically they're a theft deterrant or anti-theft lug nuts so someone cant jack your rims... well anyways, ive contacted the seller several times and i cant get ahold of him. My main problem is, i need to have the front set off so i can take the drive shafts out, so i can drop the tranny and engine.... but i cant cause i cant get the wheels off. Any ideas on how to get those lug nuts off? there is only 1 special one per wheel. I was thinking maybe spot weld a short maybe 6" rod to the socket on the top, and get a cheater bar and try to pry it off... anyone have any suggestions? thanks
well these nuts have a weird ass pattern. at first i thought it was like a hex key... but after closely looking at it it has different edges and sh*t. i think i'll have a hard ass time trying to find the right key. i'll try to take a pic of it tommorrow
The tool a tire shop may have is a socket with counter-clockwise threads that they hammer on and torque. Some shops also have a collection of common keys.
I lost my key a few years ago and a tire shop found that my rims required a thin-walled socket that didn't fit their tool. They suggested spot welding a bolt on it, but I decided to wait and think because I didn't want to damage/discolor the rim. I am sure it would have worked.
Back at home, I considered making a mold of the inlay to caste a new key. It would have been an entertaining excercize, but before I got into that, found I could shim a 1/2 inch breaker bar into it well enough to turn it off.
cant find a socket thats hollow in the middle like that.. but i'll have to go to a hardware store and see what they have
If you promise not to tell anyone I even walked into the store, I'll tell you that looks a lot like some wheel locks I saw at pep boys.
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1991 SE-r Aztec Red "Quiet, She's sleeping"
1992 SE-r Ruby Red "Now with 100% less engine"
1992 SE-r Black Beauty... "It's not his anymore"
yep that looks like some pep boys locks off the counter
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99 i30- lowered on 20's, jdm evolution kit
02 sv 650s- v twin scorpion high mount full fairing candy blue
07 RX8 turbo-apexi coilovers, mazdaspeed body kit, 19x9.5 all four corners
heres the bastard thats causing me all the trouble
that is a factory lock nut, take it to the dealership and see if they can take it off for you. If you buy a pack of locknuts then it comes with the wratchet bit that fits in that hole.
i found a solution... i hammered a 3/4" socket on to the lugnut... it took a while cause the socket put a hexagon pattern onto the socket, enough that it would grip and i used a 3/8" wratchet to break it loose. now i just got to figure out how to seperate the 2
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