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I've been trying to get around to polishing the hub cap covers of my 84 Oldsmobile toronado and the front wheel locks have a different lock than the back tires. Went to AutoZone and O'reilys but they don't carry anything like it, where can I find this?
I don't wanna get a flat and be stranded not being able to put on the spare, the person who sold me the car didn't have it either.
There is universal lock-nut opening tool which have a bunch on pins that you push to grooves on locknut where applicable. Then shoot it with impact gun. Some big repairshop might have one of those, not sure do they sell those publically.
If that dont work, theres some ghetto-ways ive used with success.
Shoot it with flat-headed screwdriver style head with airhammer until you get somekind of groove there ( those raised borders which forms the pattern on lock-nut face does break pretty easily), then do your own flat-head screwdriver to impact gun. This can break other parts but it worked.
Last edited by Inline; February 23rd, 2016 at 06:38 AM.
In the old days people used to take a socket that's just a bit too small to fit around the outside of the nut and whack it on with a sledgehammer, then spin it off with an impact gun.
The locks where different colors (blue, red,green ect.) and the key matched the said color. The lock where the same on all G.M. locking wheel covers
i dont know if this comment is in reference to my having one of those keys but the key i have matches the picture(design) of his lock.i have more than one of those style keys but one does match.
In the old days people used to take a socket that's just a bit too small to fit around the outside of the nut and whack it on with a sledgehammer, then spin it off with an impact gun.
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Thin wall Chineseium sockets are wonderful for this.
Welcome to the site... Try your local GM Dealer... It's quite possible they have a key in their tool room and/or parts room that the mechanics would use in the event the owner's key was not available when they may have had to do some service work... They may also have a part number or key code that will help you find a permanent key to fit your application...
February 23rd, 2016, 02:02 AM
