i'v been looking everywhere,
But i cant find mykey to my wheel locks
should I, goback to the dealer, or an auto store.. maybe a tire store/rim place idk.

what started all this, was when i took my truck to the dealer for the 30k mile tune up, and they said they couldnt find my wheel lock key, to do a rotation and caliber check. but i thought to myself after, why cant they order me one or use one of theirs!

 

Well if the wheel lugs were all the same, or could be easily acquired, then there is no real point in using them. The dealer does not stock keys for all style wheel locks,even the factory ones. As far as I know, your options are to have them cut the lock off, which would destroy the studd, or for you to find the key.

I don't know if they can order one based on your vehicle's vin and record with the dealer's computer system, but afaik they'll have to get the lock off the hard way if you can't find the key.

 

Quite a few tire shops have a special socket to remove those so you can replace them rather than destroy a stud.

 

^^^yep usually you can just bang a socket on them, but there are special sockets that have "teeth" that will grab it if a regular one won't.

 

If they do end up destroying the stud, it's not a huge deal replacing them

 

I've always just beat on a socket and taken them off that way.