Hey charlie, Is great video, After I hit my hand once with that darn hammer, I started using vice grips to hold the extension. Better than damaging my hand, lol.

I couldn't even fit the 15/16 socket into the hole in the Rim! So I have to take off the spinning ring another way. Going to try drilling it out.

Funny actual shop guy says they cant get them off, then regular guy removes them. 😂

The Mcgard lock I have on does have the spinning ring but does not have the gears one you take the ring off. It’s solid all the way through. I know bc I was able to take one off and I got the grinder to slice it open and it’s solid all the way to the threads.

👏 yes

This guy is smart! I put a chain on the ground then a tank bar end on the ground at the chain. Rested the bar to the drill for leverage to drill a hole for an extractor. I stripped a Snap On extractor. I’ll try again tomorrow.

Excellent video! Unbelievable I went thru 3 carbide drills and was going to drill the bolt out to the wheel. Now nothing may work on it.

Can’t thank you enough this worked for me

15/16 (or in EU 24MM) for ring&flower inlet it goes smooth as baby's poop than just separate flower inlet and slam it back and use 21mm EU( 13/16 imperial) slam it in and screw it off. It took me 30min to change all 4 tires😅. Threw mcguard 💩 it trash

Thank you so much!!! No garage would touch it, some wanted €80/€150. Watched 15 videos until I found yours. Worked first go! I’d buy you a pint if your ever in Ireland 😁

This video was life saving. I used it to get the wheel lock bolt off my 2012 vw golf. Just bought it used from the dealer back in March and here we are a couple of months later I popped a flat while driving through middle-of-nowhere West Virginia. It would have cost me $350 just for a tow to the dealership and they likely wouldn’t have had the right key anyways because I think these are the Mcgard bolts and not even vw ones but they apparently use over 100 different patterns so who knows. Anyway I initially tried the method where you hammer a 22mm socket on and try to loosen the bolt only to discover it had that free spinning external ring - what a nightmare! Wasn’t sure what I was going to do until I came across this video. Been stuck outside the Walmart tire center for 2 days before I found it. The socket broke the ring off just fine but didn’t pull the pattern off - which was fine because it saved me the step of hammering it back on. After that a 13/16 socket hammered onto the patterned bit did the rest of the job just fine. Life saver!

I've seen every video didn't find out anything until I seen this it's really appreciated

You only have 60 seconds to run away with all four wheels...

Had a flat tire recently and the McGard Key snapped so I had my Jeep GC towed to the house to attempt to fix. Asked 3 different mechanics who all told me I was screwed and that I needed a professional. I drilled out and destroyed a rim and while looking up how to replace a lug nut stud, I came across this video. After getting the original tire situated, I spent about 30 minutes using your method to remove the other 3 and replace with regular lug nut. Ended up using the 15/16 to smash the spinner back and give myself some room to catch the cap with a 7/8 socket and spin the whole thing right off. Thank you

Is there a wheel lock design that is not affected by this flaw ? Either something that would be so hard that you can't fit a socket on it, or something that doesn't have room on the outer edge ? It looks like they all have this flaw

For some reason 24mm (close enough to 15/16) is way too large for the lug on my 2007 328i, looks like 19mm would work though. It's strange since everyone is saying that first socket should always be 15/16 or 24mm.

brilliant....

pitiful video, You cant even see what he is doing, no need to use the jack. other methods beat this.

There’s a utube video on how to get if off now from bmw if this is. Looks legit on how u did. Same method just different tools. Great vid

This was amazing!!! Worked a treat!!! Thought I was going to have a nightmare and it took 10mins!!! Thank you!!!!

Hey Charlie, I used information from your video to remove 4 wheel locks tonight. Thank you for posting. It was a life saver.

This method worked entirely too easy 😂 thank you Charlie. I bought four new tires for my jeep and couldn't find the key. Putting that key back into the lock and hammering it back in is what did the trick and i got all four off in less than 30 minutes. 🤘

Buddy this is a great video. Over the years I assumed most people already knew about this method. If it hasn't been said already on this thread my only advice would be to use a medium length 1/2" extension in the socket and when it's time to remove the socket, wiggle it up and down, side to side and in a circular motion to get the socket off of the lug. This will prevent any damage to your wheels in case you miss with that big hammer.

Nice video. Nut didt seem to tight tho. Ive noticed that about these videos. Ive had to do mine an it was no that easy to undo.

I guess this isn't theft proof

Stripped 5 keys and your video got the damn things off with a 15/16 and my emergency stripped lug nut remover sockets thx alot!

Thanks for this really helpful video Charlie. I managed to get all four of the McGard bolts off my wife's R56 Mini. I used the 15/16" socket first and finished up with a 20mm one. All four done in under 30 mins and I even replicated the left hand injury with the lump hammer. :D

Thanks for your video..I tried it but my bolts were on so tight that the socket kept slipping... I had to weld a bolt head to the piece to get mine off. So annoyed with the workshop that tightened them

Best video, thanks!

This removal method still works! I used it on a 2018 BMW X4 2.8 Sport turbo the owner i removed them for was greatful because I was able to remove the Super Security Wheel lock studs. The only other option is a tool sold by AGA costs about $400.00 couldn't justify buying it, this method works folks.

I don’t understand ?

Those Bright ass shoes and sockets scared it off.

LOL 😆🤣😂 this is gotta be the dumbest idiot on KZbin

Don't do this it doesn't work unless 1 in 100.waste if time.now I'm stuck in position that socket is stuck and just spinning in place

Thanks for the video Charlie Unfortunately it did not work for me, i hammered on a 15/16 socket but could not get the socket to come off the bolt, i ended up welding a bolt onto the socket and slide hammering it off, but the spinning ring stayed on the Mcgard bolt i ended up finding another video on youtube where the guy used tungsten steel cutting burs in his dremmel to get the spinning ring off the Mcgard bolt, this way worked for me, it took around 5 minutes to cut the ring off then used the 13/16 socket to get the bolt out Hope this helps anyone in the same situation

Wtf. I have these locks!

this worked 10000%

hopefuilly i can take off my using your method wish me luck

This video saved me a $200 repair to drill out one of these god forsaken bolts. Got 2 of 4 out with the regular lock key- Snapped. Ordered a replacement, got one more off, then snapped. Multiple shops told me to drill or burn it out. Searching online and came across the brand McGard, and turns out they're the same design that comes stock on some early 2010/11 VW's.

WIll this work when the security key has broken off flush in the lock? You aren't actually using the keyed portion to back it out right? Its the socket on the outside of the remainder of the wheel lock after you remove the spinning sleeve and ring?

Thank you. Very helpful

Lucky me I don't got to do this as I got 2 complete sets of the dealership master key sets ,which are actually made from better grade steel then the replacement & OEM keys

This shows this wheel lock is a deterrent to thieves. Way better than not having any wheel locks.

watched your video a couple of months ago finely got around to trying this on my 2013 mini had to use a 23mm socket to get the lock out it worked great thanks for the lesson.I skipped the bashing the hand part :}

Ingenious ingenuity, I did the same thing pretty much and just came across your video by chance so kudos to us lol! Damn bmw lug nuts from hell

The wheel bearing were not designed for those impacts. Still if the wheels got to come off it's just part of the cost.

Been checking a bunch of these, and so far yours looks the best and easiest without a grand machine shop. Kudos.

My turn to try you metod i got 3 look bolt's no key

hi bud, was the 15/16 socket a 6 point or 12 point socket?

Basically all your doing is taking the outer ring off right? What would be different than just cutting the outer ring off with a dremel? Which is what I did and the key part still just spins..