Help with Security Lug

[80krazE]

Them be bolt-outs...but I suspect you knew that

Them bolt-outs are $70!! Ouch!!

Dan-
Thanks for responding. My key was and is still perfect, it was lug failure. But curious, what is a "rattle" wrench?

So here's what happened today:
I went to Sears, bought a 19mm deep-socket for $8.47 and hammered it on until it would go no further. The broken security lug came right off. I'M FREE!! Got the flat tire off and the fresh rubber on.

Thanks for everybody's input and advice!!

 

[L8Shift]

what is a "rattle" wrench?

Glad to hear you made it thru..ok

The wheels from the PO on mine barely allow the use of a thin walled socket.

Rattle Wrench?
Dan - Let me take a shot at this if you don't mind...
The Classic...
http://www.irtools.com/IS/product.asp-en-2849

 

[cruiserdan]

BINGO! We have a winner.

 

[ginericLC]

I used the Snap On tool to do it on the 94 I parted out. The PO bastard had 3 different kinds of locks on each wheel. All Toyota ones too. Our local tire shops will take them off for free with their wrench if you buy new lug nuts there. I'm now using some crazy Tuner style nuts that take a special wrench but they are really thin and fit well with my MT classic 2 wheels. Stock lug nuts were too tight. If you need some stock acorn style Toyota nuts I have a ton of them. I'd be happy to send you some if you need them to replace the locks.

 

[80krazE]

Thanks for the clarification: I know them as an "air wrench" or an "impact wrench". "Rattle wrench" was new to me. Thanks CDan & L8Shift!!

ginericfj80- Thanks for the offer. I would love some of the OEM acorn lugs. I would like to just replace the lug locks, so I would need a total of 4(four). However I could arrange this it would be great, but the sooner the better. I might have to break down and buy some b4 I received yours. But w/ the holiday, I could stand to not drive the cruiser for three-four days. And if they are free, even better (not assuming or asking).

Dan, the lugs from Toyota were $7+change/piece and $5+change from autoparts store.

Main point: I GOT THE LUG OFF!!

 

[CJF]

Woohoo!!

Curtis
(Unofficial 80's MUD cheerleader )

 

[Grench]

Thanks for the clarification: I know them as an "air wrench" or an "impact wrench". "Rattle wrench" was new to me. Thanks CDan & L8Shift!!

ginericfj80- Thanks for the offer. I would love some of the OEM acorn lugs. I would like to just replace the lug locks, so I would need a total of 4(four). However I could arrange this it would be great, but the sooner the better. I might have to break down and buy some b4 I received yours. But w/ the holiday, I could stand to not drive the cruiser for three-four days. And if they are free, even better (not assuming or asking).

Dan, the lugs from Toyota were $7+change/piece and $5+change from autoparts store.

Main point: I GOT THE LUG OFF!!

Make sure you get the right nuts. There are two types of wheels that came on FZJ80s. Early models had acorns. Later models have a sleved nut with a built on washer. They are not interchangable.

 

[stevezero]

3/4 inch CRAFTSMAN deep sockets, 7lb sledgehammer, and alot of colorful language. I broke 2 while getting 4 locking lugs off. My first sleeping experience in my 80 was when I had a blowout 15 mins from home on a 2 lane country road at 430am..its chronicled on mud here somewhere(including a wonderful ostritch farmer who knocked my truck off the jack because he had never seen 4 wheel disc brakes before )...

The impact sockets dont seem to "flex" as much as the regular chrome sockets, so use the regular sockets. Try and pound em on as straight as possible, and use a breaker bar instead of a ratchet. Extra pipe works wonders as well. Slow steady pressure will eventually break em loose. a short 3 inch etension will get you past the rim.

To get the nuts out of the sockets, put em in the freezer for a weekend, thread em on something, and whack em with the sledge hammer. If they break, you just take em back to sears for a new one