Are these specific locking style patterns per vin or shared on all? I tried a socket tool from my '99 and it won't fit in my friends '00. Dealer has been no help.
Spare tire removal tool
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Factory is just a slot that the curved bar fits into. The truck might have a spare tire lock on it, sucks if you don't have the key. Search for removal methods.
My '99 had a lock on it installed by Toyota as part of their security package. Once I figured this out, I took it to the Toyota dealership who had a master set of keys. We found the correct one, lowered tire, removed the lock and put everything back together again.
I had same issue several years ago when I acquired my wife's 03. Anyway, last year I happened to get a 'spare tire crank key' in an extra jack set I bought on ebay. It's the tulip shaped key, and if you have no other alternative, and if this is the right key, I'll ship it to you. Meanwhile, you can handcrank the spare tire down to the ground. It's really a useless antitheft device-less than a minute for a trained thief to overcome. Shoot me PM if needed.
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If it's the same as LX470 it's not associated with the VIN#. I went to the austin lexus dealer and they had a set of what looked like maybe a dozen different keys that they had to match by trial and error. I got lucky and got the last one for lock I have - so it would seem that they don't even keep a ton in stock.
Just experienced the loss of the Spare Tire Lock Key myself and went to Champion Toyota where they located a master key. I wasn't told they could just lower the tire there for me and take off the lock so I'm going to do that as well as order a new key. Then I'll have the spare tire replaced since it's original equipment.
The Dealerships go through a company called Mcgard.com for these so you can just go direct. They are located in NY. Glad I found out about this at home and not on the road but at 3 weeks to replace it, it certainly has to be done..
The Dealerships go through a company called Mcgard.com for these so you can just go direct. They are located in NY. Glad I found out about this at home and not on the road but at 3 weeks to replace it, it certainly has to be done..
I decided to remove my spare tire keyed bolt ('01 LX470) and have some pictures that might help others.
Removal was a lot easier than anticipated. A few firm whacks with a hammer and bar head-on on the lock mechanism and it came right out.
The key lock is held in the standard receptacle with a fringe of splined teeth - more easily seen in the second picture.
There is a plastic guide shroud around the key lock to help guide the keyed tip into place. Its not really necessary to cut this away - I did it to figure out what was going on. Just whack away and pull it out once the splines have let go.
I can now use the hooked bar to raise and lower the spare tire.
I do recommend doing this. The LX keyed interface was starting to slip too much on the curved surfaces of the key.
Removal was a lot easier than anticipated. A few firm whacks with a hammer and bar head-on on the lock mechanism and it came right out.
The key lock is held in the standard receptacle with a fringe of splined teeth - more easily seen in the second picture.
There is a plastic guide shroud around the key lock to help guide the keyed tip into place. Its not really necessary to cut this away - I did it to figure out what was going on. Just whack away and pull it out once the splines have let go.
I can now use the hooked bar to raise and lower the spare tire.
I do recommend doing this. The LX keyed interface was starting to slip too much on the curved surfaces of the key.