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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 05:16 PM
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Lost locking Wheel nut!!! :(

just got a puncture and need a new tyre and i didn't remember ever getting a locking wheel nut key. Does anyone know if Mazda main dealers keep them in stock or how long it takes to get them? cant believe i forgot to check i had a key when i bought the car.
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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 05:22 PM
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If you do not you can always cut the nut off, any tire shop will have the correct tools to remove it. I bought smaller nuts which come with a locking style socket for about $30 for all 20 from Amazon
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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 05:33 PM
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The dealer has a master kit with all of them in it. If you can bring the car there, they can take it off for you then sell you 4 regular nuts
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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 05:58 PM
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thanks for the replys

problem is i can't drive to the dealers as i have a flat. i am hoping they can sell me a key based on reg or vin number!!

apart from that may have to try a foam puncture repair and hope it holds for a while
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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 08:20 PM
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Mine came without a key as well.

I took some $5 3/4" sockets hammered them on the locking lug real good and took it off.



That lug removal tool was a complete waste of money, it was expensive and only worked once, then the teeth were too dull to bite. The $5 socket worked perfectly.
Instructions in this video:

I now have a new set of lugs on there.

EDit:

These:

Amazon Amazon

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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 09:36 PM
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Yep what he did in that video always works great. As he suggested buy a craftsman(cheapest initial investment for lifetime warranty) socket so if you break the socket you don't have to keep buying them. People at sears do not care how or why you cracked the socket, they will exchange it easy.
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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 10:22 PM
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i am hoping they can sell me a key based on reg or vin number!!
Wheel locks are made by a third party (McGard) and installed by the dealer, so the key number wouldn't be associated with the VIN. When you get the lock set new there's a key number on a card that you can send in (along with money) to get a spare key.

Did you check the lug wrench and jack handle? The instructions for the locking nuts say to attach the key to one or the other of those (I forget which) with a ziptie that comes with the set. Could be there, and you would not be the first used buyer to not know about that.

If the key doesn't turn up, I hope you have a way to get over to Sears so you can use xexok's excellent idea when you take Jim's suggestion.

Ken
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Old Dec 22, 2012 | 12:32 AM
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Went i got my car it did not have a key for the lock, but in the cars book case, it had a paper on how to order one for like $10 to $20 dollars. I got an all new set with in a week or two. I took the new key out and check to make shore it works and put it in the car and I have four spare lock nut, Fyi.

I will see if I still have the paper later today and put the information here if I can!!!
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Old Dec 22, 2012 | 02:16 AM
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the dealership that fixed my flat stole all my locking nuts and swapped them for regular nuts.

bastards.

im so glad its THAT EASY for someone to take lug nuts off and potentially steal wheels.
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Old Dec 22, 2012 | 02:31 AM
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This is just the nice way to do it, if someone wanted to they could get them off faster than that video showed. Locking lugs are just to inconvenience a thief and make them take a bit longer, not stop them.
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Old Dec 22, 2012 | 01:21 PM
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Remember the most important thing id to wear your glasses!

Mu ha ha!
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Old Dec 22, 2012 | 04:07 PM
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Well phoned Mazda and they can't help because I don't have the paperwork that came with the nuts. Took it too kwik fit and the guy there said he can get them off Monday with a special snap-on tool. Managed to at least fix the puncture with a foam spray can....
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Old Dec 22, 2012 | 05:26 PM
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Go to Ace Hardware, buy a $5 3/4" socket (if you have the factory locking lugs otherwise match up a correct socket) and take off the nut.

What you are going to pay to have it removed will cover a $20 worth of $5 sockets, I threw mine away, and a new set of Gorilla Lugs.
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