no room to get a grinder in  there...

i read those  bolt removal sockets dont work..

im gonna get aother socket that fits with 12 points inside,.. the one i tried was  like a 5 or 6 point socket...

Drill down through the middle of the nut to remove the stud.  Then replace the stud after you get the wheel off.

Even if you start doing this and change your mind or find a better way it won't make the nut harder to remove.  

I bought a whole set of of wheel lock removers. One of the big box stores might have a set

Here's something I tried on a spare tire locking nut that worked.  Find a socket that fits over the nut but has a small gap between it and the nut.  Fill the socket with a ring or blob of SteelStick, press it over the nut and let it cure.  You've just made your own "key".  It is amazingly strong stuff.

https://www.jbweld.com/product/steelstik-epoxy-putty-stick

16 hours ago, Shawninvancouver said:

no room to get a grinder in  there...

Not even a Dremel?  then weld a nut to it as already sayd here.. use imagination! 😉  !!!!!!!!! 

When you make two flat spots very undeep.. just enough for a open spanner..

This is brutal.  Bought a mcguard. They sold me wrong size.  Bought a deep 12 point socket.  No luck. It had a 1/2 inch wrench fit I don’t have.  This sucks

https://www.harborfreight.com/high-visibility-socket-adapter-set-4-pc-62851.html

Isnt that a cap you can remove maybe and there is a torx bolt OR something under it?

 

Nope. That’s a spline lock. But the spline is not long. Like a 1/4 inch. So it’s more like a key.  And it’s 9 splines or groves and I can not find any keys that are 9 spline : groves. 

On 8/13/2021 at 3:14 AM, DatsunZGuy said:

get medieval on it.

Cut a slit in it and HIT it hard with a hammer! use a small chisel!  You are now 4 days busy with only one bolt.. 

Later on install a new bolt (and a new set of Nuts.)

AND remember everybody.... A GOOD set of tools is half the job !! 

What will cutting a slit in it do??

these things have been on for like 10 years.  I’m thinking dremnel two flat sides so I can use open ended wrench. But when I try to hammer down the device wether socket or whatever just bounces off.  Hmmm can anyone locate 9 spline key? I have looked for hours