this is what my wheel lock used to look like



this is what it looks like now





can you believe this sh!t?

 

Ouch!! What happened?

 

That sucks man.

damned little kids need to get themselves a job instead of messing with peoples cars.

 

Sucks...unless they can't get that lugnut off by some other method, they'll have to saw off the lug itself.

 

how could that even happen. weird

 

someone was stupid enough to drill it...I wonder how the hell I get it off my self now if I need a rotation or blow a tire or whatever.

 

Get yourself a socket you are willing to throw away.

Get a size one step down from one that will slide completely over the lock.

Put the smaller socket on a ratchet extension and hammer it onto the wheel lock.


If all goes well the socket will be jamed onto the outsed of the rim lock and you "should" be able to unscrew it.

good luck

 

that is so suck!!!! those guys must be very stupid. i think you could buy another set of nut and replace them.

 

Get a set of THESE emergency lugnut removal sockets.



LL

 

where do you get those?

 

Click on "These" in lland's reply (it's a link)

 

didn't notice that, thanks

 

i had those on my 05 rl. the other weekend i was attempting to do my rear brakes and the lock breaks in half in side the key. had to bring it to shop to get the rest of the locks off. all was stuck on and broke as guy tried to take them off, messed up all my factory rims around the hole tryna get them off

 

Someone wanted to steal stock RL rims?
Sorry to hear about this, man.

 

Although the 09 stock rims do look better than 05-08! Maybe it was someone that really wanted to de-PAX badly.

Just kidding.

037, I am sorry to hear that happened. Will insurance cover this kind of damage? I would be careful that you do not damage your wheels. I have heard of many people trying to take off the broken or otherwise damaged locks, and messing up their wheels in the meantime.

Maybe you check with insurance to see what your coverage is. Then check with the dealer and see how they would treat damage to the wheels if they damage them getting the locks off. If satisfactory coverage, then let the dealer take it off, so if he damages anything, it is on his insurance first, then yours.

 

In addition to the link, just Google "emergency lugnut removal sockets" and you'll find a bunch ranging in price from about $3.00 to $25.00 for what appears to be the same thing. Also some on ebay.

LL

 

thanks, if I ever find out who did this I'll make sure they swallow them.

pretty not to have it with em and finish the job right?

 

so why don't the thieves have these?

 

Lol. Maybe they require some extra force, who knows.

 

if they have these lug. it will be a disaster not only to one rims but four of them will be lost. hahahha

 

037 sorry to hear this as im getting pretty heated just seeing that i can only guess what u were doin... dam dam i hate scummy people.

u park on the street there?

 

key fit fine and I was able to get the bad lock off, it also looks like I bought the wrong Gorilla's as my original lugs have a washer...and for whatever reason I picked the kind of Gorilla's that would fit my old car...

 

That is really interesting that your original lugs have a washer, because that is not what the parts manual says. As you know, the parts manual says the 2009 uses the M14 ball seat lug, which is actually the same lug as the 2007+ MDX uses.

Did they give you the wrong lock set, by chance? The flat seat with washer was the correct lock set for 2005-2008 RLs, or do your wheels really have a flat seat?

Do the non-lock lugs have a washer also?

 

I thought you might ask...so I took some photos. Hopefully they will answer everything I can't remember.

 

I don't think the lugs had a washer on them, just the locks.

that lock wasn't easy to remove at all, after some efforts it came off and appeared cracked throughout one side.

 

If the non-lock lugs have no washers, and look like this, then they gave you the wrong locks. No washers is consistent with the part catalog M14 wheel nut.



The flat washer lug looks like this and exactly as your picture showed.

 

I wasn't given anything, it came with the car when I bought it.

 

Then they delivered with the wrong locks. I can understand why if they did not understand that the lug seat changed in 2009. I was ready to make the blanket statement that the RL always used flat seat lugs with a washer until I decided to look it up just in case. I noticed the 2009 Ridgeline also went to the ball seat from the flat seat with washer.