Dealing With a Seized Wheel Lock Bolt

[brandonpham]

Aside from the NJ talk, I still love and hate this place lol.

The wheel locks are OEM and i got em with my car, so here we are. Yes wheels cars etc. get popped. Don't plan on having an Integra Type R or STI or anything really without a solid alarm, fuel cut switch, garage, etc. and be comfortable sleeping at night.

Back to the topic, over the weekend we trid to drill and it broke 2 small bits. I tried to use 2 skinny cobalt bits and a punch to drill the ring that spins or the middle to start a pilot hole, man the metal for these locks are solid. The cobalt bits are recommend by mcgard also to drill their locks. They are hard metal bits.

Next we welded the ring that spins so ti would no longer spin, great seem sgood. Hammer on a 12 pt socket hard, worked with a breaker bar, the socket spun (not the ring on the wheel lock). The socket literally just slipped and spun. We tried a reverse thread socket next, no good.

Finally we tried the extractor sockets which are open ended. Its like an oversized impact turbo socket you can put the extension through in the middle. Hammered the life otu of it 3 times, slipped on the breaker bar eventually. So I either need to decide now if I'm going to weld a nut on there, and risk the weld breaking or the socket not spinning, or ill have to try drilling again and start with a 1/4 in bit instead.

Any other opinions? I want to hit it with a torch but I'm scared of burning the rim. Thankfully i do have a full size spare for the titanium wheels.

[vce1232000]

Got to all that impact. That can cause damage to the hub bearing itself. Can you just use upsizing drill bits until you drill out the lug until paper then then just snap off with rim. Since the other 4 lugs are okay

[brandonpham]

Got to all that impact. That can cause damage to the hub bearing itself. Can you just use upsizing drill bits until you drill out the lug until paper then then just snap off with rim. Since the other 4 lugs are okay

That's what I was doing. The hub bearing should still be fine worst case I always have a press and I can get the bearing done down the road, priority deciding the most efficient way to get this off. I wanna try torching again and then slam the extractor socket on, but I think drilling it may be safe. Issue is I had a tough time even getting a dimple or pilot hole. Hopefully this 1/4 bit will do justice.

[vce1232000]

I hate to say it this way. But it sucks to be you rite now......