#@%$ help
ok so i bought my car bout 5 mo ago and whoever had it previously decided they wanted to keep the mcguard key. thankfully they left me the registration card so i ordered one directly from mcguard. it came in last week and so today i go to pull wheel to clean up rotors. well i put key on (goes on perfectly) i try to loosen and aparently someone over tightened the crap out of it. so i put all the muscle i can into and *CRACK!* it broke the top of the lugnut itself off. so i cuss it for bout 10 min than try to somehow get the key on again no good. so i go around to other wheel and same thing. now i have 2 busted lugnuts stuck on there and a screwed up key. does anyone know a trick on how to get lugs off?
heres the passenger rear wheel http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...7/f060deba.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...1/f060d636.jpg heres the driver rear http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...0/f060d19a.jpg any help is good folks |
Take it to a shop and have them drill the lug out and install some new ones.
Is the car still under warranty? If it is, that covers the lug nuts, too. |
Looks like a job for a tire shop.
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yeah mazda said 36bux to remove locks
ok thats what i figured i guess i'll ask around and see what peopel can do mcguard can bite me |
If you bought the wheel locks from a Mazda dealer,take your car to them and let them deal with the problem.The chances are your wheel will be damaged drilling off the broken locks--let Mazda pay for it.
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I keep debating whether or not to ditch the locking nuts and put the oems back on. Those pics have just about convinced me. Mazda's specs for the lug nuts are 108 lb-ft of torque which is pretty damn tight.
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This happened on my beretta once. Get a socket just a little bit bigger that the nut get a hammer and beat the socket on it and when you get it on tight enough loosen it the socket is no good afterwards, but it worked for me.
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Nubo,
I was looking at these to replace the original locks because thay look harder to strip. http://www.tiretrends.com/acc_catalo...ccessoryID=189 Right now I am running similar shaped fasteners requiring a large allen key. |
i bought the key from mcguard and i bought the car from a used car dealer so i guess i'm gonna have to just find away to remove it, also i tried the just a bit larger socket trick no good it won;t go on or it just breaks more
so basically i'm screwed which sux cause i need to do brakes and i have 1 tire leaking god my luck sux |
Originally Posted by Terrance26
This happened on my beretta once. Get a socket just a little bit bigger that the nut get a hammer and beat the socket on it and when you get it on tight enough loosen it the socket is no good afterwards, but it worked for me.
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Sears sells some special fluted sockets designed to remove damaged nuts. Don't know if they make one big enough for a lugnut.
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^ yeah i tried that too lol just too small
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Snap on sells a couple of sockets just for this problem. Someone at local tire shop probably has one.
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Originally Posted by MazsportScott
Snap on sells a couple of socket just for this problem. Someone at local tire shop probably has one.
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Originally Posted by Nubo
I keep debating whether or not to ditch the locking nuts and put the oems back on. Those pics have just about convinced me. Mazda's specs for the lug nuts are 108 lb-ft of torque which is pretty damn tight.
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Originally Posted by Nemesis8
Except the locking lug nut is round on the outside... No hex to grab.
Forcing a socket on is what I'd be trying next. |
Spot-on sco. That method of lock nut removal is standard fare in the tyre shops.
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Man, you Aussies stick together, but what's with this "tyre" thing? :mdrmed:
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lol ok well i guess i'll try again but these are pretty hard i'll try again this weekend
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I lost my wheel key one time and used a set of reverse threaded sockets specifically made to remove those lugs. I got my set from salvo's, but you can probably find them at just about any big autoparts store. I used an electric dewalt impact gun with those sockets and it worked great. 5 Minutes or so and I had them off.
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^if i can find em i'll def try that
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