I'm trying to pull the motor out of my EG and i hit a brick wall just a while ago. The wheel lock is on the left side wheel and i dont have the key for it. I called a bunch of places and asked if they sell universal lock removers or if they sold keys but they dont. There were two options. 1. get a guy to come over to my house and do it for 70 bucks or 2. use a tow dolly to get the car to the shop and have them remove it.

The car doesn't move cuz I already drained and disconnected everything. Plus it spun a rod. Anyway I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to get past this. Is there any way I can get the axle out without taking the tire off of the left side?

 

What kind of wheel lock is it?

 

Well if you were to picture a solid circle with the outside edges having grooves in it, then it would look something like that.

 

i used one of these kits before and it worked awesome. not cheap though.

http://store.autotoolexpress.com/ame400.html

i'd be willing to bet that this may work too, if you can get it over the wheel lock.

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr...66000

 

if you can get to the side of the lock with a punch and hit it with a mini sledge hammer you might be able to get it, it would take a few minutes to break it loose but it can be done.

 

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Hmm.. I didn't quite understand. Are you suggesting that I hammer the wheel lock and try to break it to pieces?

LOL I'm not being sarcastic, if it can be done that way then i'll try it.

 

Is there a way of hammering a socket over the lock? If you don't mind replacing a stud, you can just drill out the stud and break the wheel lock off and then replace the stud.

 

no just take a some what pointed punch, put a indent in the lock and hit it towards the left to loosen.

It's hard to explain

 

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Have you done this yourself on a wheel lock? It seems kinda hard to break loose a wheel lock with a punch when something is torqued to 80ft lbs. Especially if its a place where you don't have much room or leverage

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chris c &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i used one of these kits before and it worked awesome. not cheap though.

http://store.autotoolexpress.com/ame400.html

i'd be willing to bet that this may work too, if you can get it over the wheel lock.

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr...66000



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i was just thinking the same thing with those craftsman stripped bolt removers, and how they would probably work. I would definently try that.

 

Hmm thanks for the help guys. I'm going to see if I can't just get the thing over to the nearest tire shop and have them remove it for 25 bux. Thankfully a friend is letting me borrow his dolly for a while so that's half the problem.

 

if you had access to a welder just weld a regular lock onto the lock lug and loosen it that way. i know it's hard to get a hold of a welder. unless you have one like me

 

just hammer a socket over the lug nut and it will work

 

Something really cheap an that I've heard of. Get metal bonding glue from Home Depot or something and put a ratchet head that fits (somewhat) on there and just torque it off.

 

I know a way of doing it but i really dnt want to post it up. (Easy for theives)