Ok, I attempted to install my Stillen RSB this Sunday. I sucessfully removed the back left wheel with no trouble. I removed the 4 lugnuts from the back right wheel then when I got to the lock, it wouldn't budge. I was standing on the lugwrench jumping on it and it wouldn't move (probably a bad move). Then, two small pieces broke off the edge of the lock and I was like $h!t! Since the key pattern was still in the lock, I thought maybe I just needed some more power to get it off. So tonight, I took a ride over to my neighbor's body shop and used a torque wrench to try and get it off...Bad idea! Not only did I completely stip the lock, I also broke the key in two pieces. So now, I can't get any of my wheels off. Looks like I'm gonna have to pay someone to take them off and then get a new set.

Oh well...all for a silly mod!

-Nick

 

Try a gator grip. It might work

 

Well it's water under the bridge now but you should have loosened the lock BEFORE removing the other lugs. Gives the lock the best chance to come off and you are not trying to overcome the sideloads of the other side of the wheel. Future ref.

Good news. Most shops can take these of w/ no problems. Don't worry, it will come out good in the end.

 

Man I feel for you. What brand were they? About 10 years ago, I had Gorilla Locks on some Ronal Wheels on Mercedes SL and the lock portion spun, so I would turn the lock, but the threaded portion stayed. I ended up drilling out the lock myself. Took a while and lots of drill bits and I screwed up the wheel a little. Good Luck.

 

Funny my Mc Guard wheel locks are just on barely.

BTW, using torque wrench in place of breaker bar
is a bad idea. Might need to recalibrate the wrencch.

 

I'm actually not sure what I used. My neighbor did it for me! He owns a body shop, so I guess he knows what to use or not. He warned me before he did it that it might get messed up, but I figured it didn't matter.

Now that I have the locks in two pieces, I can read that they are McGard locks. I'm not sure if they are OEM or not? All I know is, they were on the car when I bought them.

You know what Jeff...I actually thought about that right after I first broke the lock, but I wasn't sure if it mattered. I think on the other side, I did the lock first and I had no problems. Not sure why I changed my method on the right wheel, but what's done is done.

I'm just gonna pay someone to do it. Don't want to deal with the hassle of trying it myself. I guess it is good that it happened now and not when I had a flat tire on some dark road at midnight, 100 miles away from my house with no cell phone!

Later,
-Nick

 

lol.. oh boy.. lemme school u guys here.. first off..most wheel locks are completetly useless.. the only person there gonna inconvience is you.. the only type that i think offer any protection at all are the ones where the outside edge of the lock spins freely and only the center portion where the actual lock pattern is has the ability the actually remove it. ANYWAY... heres what you do. very simple and i bet you'll be lookin for a new type of wheel lock after i tell ya how easy they come off..im assuming you have a decent tool set and hopefully you have 1/2" drive deep sockets that are 12 piont.if you dont have the deep ones a regular one should work fine. 6 point may also work, but ive always used 12. 3/8 drive may work also but if the thing is one there that tight u might just wind up cracking the socket.

STEP ONE : 12 point socket.. find a 12 point socket that will fit over you lock, now go one size down. take the that socket that wont fit over the lock, and hammer it the f@ck on. the metal in the socket is much harder than the metal used to make your locks. if you hammer it on, the points in the socket act like teeth and will dig right into the outside of the stripped lock. hammer it on about a 1/2" into the lock.

STEP TWO: get a 1/2" breaker bar or slip a pipe over your socket wrench for added leverage. break the lock free.

STEP THREE : DONT TAKE THE LOCK ALL THE WAY OFF THE STUD YET! back it off about 3/4 of the way, and then keep moving the wrench back and forth(towards and away from the face of the wheel) so you can break the socket free from the lock you just hammered it onto. its much easier and faster to do it like this than to try and free the lock out of the socket when its no longer screwed onto the stud.

STEP FOUR: spin your busted, good for nothin, worthless peice of wheel protection off with your fingers and throw it away along with the other three that are on your car.

TOTAL TIME : umm.. about 10 seconds.. and half that time for the kids that are stealin your rims as they laugh their ***'s off .. lol. told ya they were worthless.. haha

GOOD LUCK.. LEMME KNOW HOW YA MAKE OUT!!