Lost the key to your wheel locks? Stripped a lug nut trying to change a tire? Lug nut frozen onto the stud from rust? We have the specialty tools and the experience to get them off — without damaging your wheel.
Wheel locks are the special lug nuts with a unique pattern that requires a matching key socket. If you've lost the key (it lives in the glovebox or with the spare tools, and it's often missing on used cars), you can't get the wheel off. We have a kit of extraction sockets specifically designed for the most common wheel-lock brands — we'll get it off without damaging the surrounding wheel.
This happens when someone (a previous shop, a previous owner, or a stressful flat tire) over-torqued or cross-threaded a lug nut and rounded off the hex flats. Standard sockets just slip. We use damaged-nut extractors that bite into what's left.
Common on older vehicles or vehicles driven on salted roads. Lug nut fuses itself to the stud. Penetrating oil + impact + heat (carefully) usually frees it without breaking the stud. Sometimes the stud has to come out and be replaced — we can do that too.
If a previous over-torque has snapped the wheel stud (the threaded post the lug nut screws onto), we can remove the broken stud and install a new one. This is a common fix on cars with rusty wheel studs.
All passenger vehicles, light trucks, vans, SUVs, and medium-duty commercial vehicles (box trucks, delivery vans, large pickups). For heavy-duty hub nuts on semi tractors or larger trucks, we'll refer you to a partner shop.
Pricing varies based on how stuck the lug nut is and whether any studs need to be replaced. We quote up front before starting work. If the job ends up being easier than expected, we charge you the lower rate — not the quoted one.
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