Drewster67

On My 85, I dont have/Lost the key for the locking lug nut sleeve. What is the best way to remove the lock. It doesn't matter if I destroy the lug nut - I have about 20 spares!

TIA

MikeN

Had one of these.....just drilled it out......they are pretty soft......did it in about 5 minutes.....

Thom1

Hi Drew,

The key for my Boxster cracked. I went to the dealer. The Boxster guy had a set of keys. He matched mine. I ordered a new key from the manufacturer. It arrived within a week or two.

DonT

I went to a Goodyear Service Center. They didn't want to touch it, afraid of damaging the wheels. I asked the guy if it were his car what would he do. We talked to one of the mechanics, he said no problem. He took a 6 point socket put it on an extension, and hammered it on the locking lug nut. Air tool took it off in no time. They said no charge, however; I tipped the mechanic $20 and felt that was cheap.

Lizard928

Hey don I have done that trick to get them off mine too, but I cracked the socket and then it wouldnt come off

DonT

Lizard ---

Then it's time to sell the car & hope prospective buyers don't notice!

Lizard928

I ment I cracked the socket and it wouldnt come off the nut I did get the nut off though, what I ment was be prepared to through away a socket for each nut

Drewster67

Thanks everyone for the advice. Being that my resources are diminished at the present moment I went with drilling it out. Total time needed - 5 minutes.

Thanks again

Red UFO

Drew,

You need to shake this habit of drilling stuff out!!!

urnotthesameina928

Had the keys with mine yet they continued to spin around without unlocking.. had found that a hole punch at the lock broke it up in about 2 light hits.. no drilling required and no damage to wheels or lug threads.. Hope this helps for others ..Dave

heinrich

I have seen some very *rare* and expensive Porsche wheels damaged permanently, and actually less safe, from this drilling craze ;-) The dealer or the punch or the 6-way socket seem far better options. Bring a drill into your wheel bolt holes and you risk buying a new one or living with a damaged wheel. I looked at some club sports someone was selling here locally, recently - and they had been drilled to hell. A real shame.

Drewster67

I had no problem drilling out the old locking lug nut top. No damage to the stud or the lug nut itself. I also replaced the extended lug nut with a shorter one shown in the attached picture.

Lug nut anyone? LoL