# help! i cant get my wheels off! **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [July 28, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526 "2005-07-28T21:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alesserfate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@alesserfate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/alesserfate)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526/1 "2005-07-28T21:49:39Z")
hey guys i got tuner lugs frmo my friend and the key broke in half when i was putting on the first wheel, now i cant get it off, and I NEED to get em off, any ideas. ps. wtb tuner lugs lol ---
**Author:** ![dabum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dabum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dabum)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526/2 "2005-07-28T23:48:26Z")
thats the worst, my ideas would be find a socket that u can hammer on to and around the lock and turn and take out or you’ll have to cut your studs and replace the whole thing, i dont know the name but those threaded bolts u put the lugs on to. ---
**Author:** ![S13GG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s13gg/32/5506_2.png) [@S13GG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S13GG)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526/3 "2005-07-29T06:23:41Z")
it broke? soft white metal eh? drill the fuckin thing out, find a bit that fits in the open tuner nuts then use it to drill out the other one. funny story, 2 winters ago I had my wheels mounted balanced and put on, but they used an impact gun to put on my lock nuts, 1 stripped and they had to drill the whole stud off ---
**Author:** ![Cal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cal/32/5505_2.png) [@Cal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526/4 "2005-07-29T09:54:50Z")
chisel + hammer? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526/5 "2005-07-29T10:37:53Z")
is it the swiggling worm going in a circle lock? if so i have the key. ---
**Author:** ![luka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@luka](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/luka)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526/6 "2005-07-29T10:54:10Z")
why not just get a grinder or a cutting wheel or something to that effect and make it hexagonal on the outside instead of round. hexagonal with round corners so you can fit a larger socket around it and not have to cut too deep and ruin your thread. you can even make it a square or just flatten opposing sides so that you can fit a socket or anything around it with bite. hell you can even weld something to it, don’t ruin your stud though that’s such a bitch to fix. ---
**Author:** ![DETS14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DETS14](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DETS14)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526/7 "2005-07-29T10:59:37Z")
If you do ruin the threads, they are not hard to replace, just a pain in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![DTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@DTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DTS)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526/8 "2005-07-29T10:59:47Z")
this has happend to me, go to a tire shop, pay theman 12.85, he will take it off in 2 min and then all the people in the tire shop will ask you if its turbo and if it makes that cool sound and ask you to rev it ---
**Author:** ![Sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sven)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526/9 "2005-07-30T01:17:26Z")
I had high quality ones and it was impossible for me to drill them out. I also tried welding a nut on and then cranking it but it wouldn’t work. I brought it to a great tire place (Moore’s Tire in Oakville … they are so honest you almost want to pay them the extra) and they did in 10 minutes with an air chisel for $10 cash. ---
**Author:** ![Belluz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Belluz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Belluz)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526/10 "2005-07-30T14:07:25Z")
i have a set of locking nut removers from snap on, worked for me when this happened come down if you still need to get them off mike ---
**Author:** ![S13GG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s13gg/32/5506_2.png) [@S13GG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S13GG)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526/11 "2005-07-31T06:14:11Z")
> [@Sven](#): > > I had high quality ones and it was impossible for me to drill them out… it took 2 hardend bits and about 1 hour to drill out 1 McGard locknut ---
**Author:** ![Sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sven)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526/12 "2005-07-31T12:50:17Z")
^^ yeah I had the McGard ones (McGuard? I don’t know) I had the hardened bits and I tried to drill one for about 15 minutes before deciding I had better things to do with my time. I only made a small crater in it. I tried that snap-on tool as well but it did not work ☹ ---
**Author:** ![martiniracing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@martiniracing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/martiniracing)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-i-cant-get-my-wheels-off/87526/13 "2005-08-09T13:05:13Z")
i wonder if you can weld your wheel lock key to a socket and take the lock nuts off that way… unless the lock key was split vertically down in half