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Pounding a socket on is the usual way I hear about. 'If' you have the
room, a nut splitter tool can crack them off.

In desperation, and again if you have the room a BFH will snap the stud
off. Studs are cheap and easy to replace. They just punch out and pull
back in with the nut.

Olof that came on our last Aug run with us in the van had one on so
tight it stripped the corners off the nut. Nothing like a round nut set
way into a hole...

We used a hammer and old solid core screwdriver to split the nut. Took
a while, but it worked...

The edge of the rim hole kept the screwdriver tracking down the nut
straight.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Snowboardripper wrote:
>
> I have wheel locks installed on my TJ stock rims. I rotated my tires
> this week only to discover that the dealer who did the previous
> rotation over torqued all the wheel lug nuts. Some of them required a
> huge breaker bar to get off.
> When I went to take off the wheel lock I broke the inside keying.
> I sent away for a new key but is there a way to get them off or break
> them if I get a flat. My spare still has the lock on and 3 of the
> other wheels. I will be offroading over the weekend and could break a
> bead which will require me to change the tire.
> So I need to know how to break the lock off. What tools do I need?