Re: Wheel lock
 

On or about 9 Sep 2003, Snowboardripper of snowboardripper@hotmail.com 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.
[snip]

Puzzle locks? I ground rough flats into the ones I had to get off my CJ
with a 4 1/2" angle grinder and used a regular cross lug wrench.

Re: Wheel lock
 

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:41:00 -0400, the following appeared
in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys, posted by Lee Ayrton
<layrton@ntplx.net>:

>On or about 9 Sep 2003, Snowboardripper of snowboardripper@hotmail.com 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.
>[snip]
>
>Puzzle locks? I ground rough flats into the ones I had to get off my CJ
>with a 4 1/2" angle grinder and used a regular cross lug wrench.

I thought of that too, but I decided to try the
key-and-epoxy trick first, on the theory that I could always
grind flats on as a last resort. Luckily, the first attempt
worked (even though it took a 450 lb ft impact wrench; a 375
wouldn't do it).

Bottom line - no more wheel locks for me.

--

Bob C.

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Re: Wheel lock
 

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:41:00 -0400, the following appeared
in rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys, posted by Lee Ayrton
<layrton@ntplx.net>:

>On or about 9 Sep 2003, Snowboardripper of snowboardripper@hotmail.com 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.
>[snip]
>
>Puzzle locks? I ground rough flats into the ones I had to get off my CJ
>with a 4 1/2" angle grinder and used a regular cross lug wrench.

I thought of that too, but I decided to try the
key-and-epoxy trick first, on the theory that I could always
grind flats on as a last resort. Luckily, the first attempt
worked (even though it took a 450 lb ft impact wrench; a 375
wouldn't do it).

Bottom line - no more wheel locks for me.

--

Bob C.

Reply to Bob-Casanova @ worldnet.att.net
(without the spaces, of course)

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
- Isaac Asimov