Okay my car is sitting right now due to blown tire

i am unable to take the rim off to have the tire put on due to the fact that i can't get the rim off due to one special lug!!

What can i do?

 

buy a new tire and take it to a gm dealership. most of them have ran into this and have a special tool which gets beat on with a hammer and allows them to take it of. you will have to buy a new lug tho.

 

weld on another lug onto it.

 

get a junk socket thats just smaller than the lug nut and hammer it on then impact it off and your good to go i had to do that with my car

 

all of the above , most tire repair shops will have a selection of sockets to fit . i have thrown all i have ever owned away , they are an anti-theft thing . i have replaced with regular lug-nuts . if a crook wants to steal your rims/tires they WILL get them . does not matter what anti-theft device you have on them . best anti-theft is a dog & 12ga. good luck .

 

Some good options here.

I wonder if you could borrow a backwards threaded socket? I think the cheap ones go for $15-$20 if you just want to buy one. But if you have to go to a shop go to a tire shop not the dealer (insert bent over 3rd gen'r pic here)

I hope the car is sitting at home or something.

 

Okay Thanks for all the help, im having it towed to a repair shop tommorrow since everything was closed today

im replacing every key on all tires after this big mess

and yea, its sitting at home. It blew on the highway i was going over 110(thats all my dash reads) and i didn't even hear it blow but i heard the grinding rim!
It was $150 to tow, i was sorta on my way outa town

 

i was shocked because my tires are fairly new drag radials, probably 3 months

 

Hey from Lawrence. I purchased a new car in December and had the dealership replace the lockers with regular old lugs. I agree with Uncle: If a thief wants the wheels badly enough, they're gone regardless.

JamesC

 

Lawrence!?

hahahaha thats where i was headed when my tire Blew, there were quite a few graduation parties down there

 

call the auto club and tell them to send someone out with the locking lug nuts tool. they deal with it all the time and they seem to have every locking lug available.
it comes with your membership.

 

The "locks" I have on mine or just torx bit that is missing a point on the star so if I ever lose my key it would be easy to get off. I guess if someone wanted my wheels all the lock will do is get a window busted so they can get the key as everyone keeps it somewhere in the car...

The hammer on a smaller socket works most of the time, or go to a parts store and look at their wheel locks which comes with a key and see if they have one that matches.

 

I had the same problem on my 92 z28. I went to Sears and got a deep well 20mm 1/2 drive socket. Used a hammer to drive it on over the lock until it bottomed out on the exposed threads of the lock. Used a ratchet and extension and removed the lock. Worked like magic and only cost me $9.00. Plus it's a Craftsman, so if it breaks, you get a new one. Way cheaper than a repair shop...