Re: Wheel Lock Warning

[Hans Schmid <soyboy@ibm.net>]

Just weld a lug nut on it, works like a charm.

However, with alloy wheels you better get somebody that knows what they are
doing so the wheel does not get ruined.

Denman


"Peter K. Wong" wrote:

> Basically I think you're stuck with having to drill the locks off.  This
> happened once to me when I purchased a 928S4 years ago from another city
> and could not find the aftermarket lug key after a year of ownership.
> There wasn't a lot the Porsche dealership could do but to drill it off.
>
> Since then I've always kept two keys (or socket ends in the case of
> McGard), one hidden on the car and other at home in the key basket.
>
> Peter
>
> At 09:18 PM 4/6/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Before you consider wheel locks, consider my story...
> >
> >At the begining of this winter, with the windchill reaching far below
> zero, my wife called me with a flat tire on the QSW.  When I got there to
> change it, I realized that the PO had used wheel locks.  Fortunately, the
> "key", a small lug nut-looking thing was in the glove box.  Old tire off,
> new tire on, as fast as I could as my hands were getting frostbitten.  As I
> followed her home, I noticed something weird looking on the space-saver
> spare.  I pulled up beside her, but did not really see... the key that I
> had forgotten to take off.  When we got home, I was going to put a real
> spare on, and the key was nowhere to be found.  I realized then that it was
> lost, somewhere on the road in the five miles between where I changed the
> tire and home.  I called all the tire places, but since I had no idea what
> kind of key it was, they could not help me.  I had but one choice.  The
> next day, I trolled slowly along those five miles, and low and behold!  I
> found it in the gutter.  Unbelievab!
> >le.
> >
> >That same day, I went to the junk yard and bought 4 used lug nuts to
> replace the keyed ones.  Well, last weekend, I finally got around to
> swapping the lugs.  The first keyed lug I tried snapped the key-shape thing
> off in the nut.
> >
> >I now have half a key that doesn't do anything and two wheels that I
> cannot remove.  I am not sure what to do.  Suggestions anyone?
> >
> >(p.s.  I know losing the key was my fault, but we all do stupid things
> from time to time -- just a warning before you get the locks.)
> >
> >
> >
> >Matthew Brenengen
> >'87 4kq; '88 QSW; '76 '02
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