how the hell do i get these rims off

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

I know I have seen a socket type thing that has a bunch of pins in it so it only pushes in the ones needed so it can grip the nut. Kinda like the things kids have where you put your hand under it and it pushes the pins up to look like your hand... If you know what I mean....

Those dont work. I tried that. I had a walmart manager take one out of the package and it wasnt deep enough to grip. So I got to try it and not have to buy it

 

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

I know I have seen a socket type thing that has a bunch of pins in it so it only pushes in the ones needed so it can grip the nut. Kinda like the things kids have where you put your hand under it and it pushes the pins up to look like your hand... If you know what I mean....

Gator sockets or something. We tried that with my buddies whom stripped out his key for his (looked like yours, with just 6-7 little indents, which strip easily), but the pins were too big to catch the grooves. That and most sockets (even if it'll fit around the lug nut) won't fit inside the hole in the rim for the lug nut.

 

[NMBR1SPT 10+ year member]

fine don't listen to me, do it yourself, I had to do the same exact thing but on my Denali, and trust me I was more worried about scratching my wheels than you are about those.

 

[DeViOuSoNe 10+ year member]

AS asisrem said. Nothing to it.

Take a socket a little bit smaller than the lug nut, and tap it on with a hammer, and take them off, Same thing you do to get a wheel lock off!

Works everytime.

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[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

I worked for some time in a car repair shop and learned a lil trick for those security nuts. You need a socket wich is a lil smaller than the normal size, grab a hammer and hit it all the way until its pretty into it then with a big ratchet take it off.

was gonna say that

 

[NMBR1SPT 10+ year member]

Thats what I have been trying to tell him, its a socket from sears it has little teeth that grab it and blam its off.

 

[_JaY_ 10+ year member]

anything that u get will need to be thin walled anyway, regular size socket will not fit in those

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

the problem he may run into with that is that impact sockets have a deeper well, go to sears and get a chromoly socket, they have thinner walls, or you can grind the outer surface of the socket to fit in the rim. it will void the warranty but will work.

 

[dumple 5,000+ posts]

who cares about a socket warranty

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

not me, ive ground the outside of countless snap-on sockets, but keep in mind grinding the outside does weaken the socket and could be an issue on a highly torqued bolt.