Defeating the McGard High Security Wheel Lock with spinning ring and no key SUPER EASY NO DRILL

Finally figured out how to defeat this McGard high security wheel lock with spinning ring. NO WELDING, NO DRILLING- SUPER EASY - 10 minutes

[oscargarcia]

I followed your directions and worked great!!! I even follow the part about hitting the hand with the hammer😂😂

[kenbickford]

I know this video is 2 years old but I had taken my 2015 BMW X5 to a local tire shop just last week to have new tires installed and sure enough they stripped the lug key on the first wheel, so they couldn't install my tires. So after searching the internet I finally found a match to my key and ordered a new one. When it came a couple of days later it took me about 10 seconds to strip it out just like the first one. Well now I'm thinking of the big $$ that the BMW dealership is going to charge me! Thank God I went to YouTube first and found this video. I used shallow 6 point Craftsman sockets with an extension because I already had them but it worked exactly as yours did. I had all 4 lugs out in less than an hour! Thanks for posting this video!

[PULSARGT]

you are a life saver, I found many videos showing how to take various locks but not one with the washer, I followed your procedure and managed to take all 4 in 45 mins. prior to that, I was panicking. thx a million

[austonmcjesus]

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

[Nick]

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

[Jimmy-dmgp]

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. 🤘

[glennlangridge]

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

[rnaltd]

Worked great for my 2014 Mini JCW Countryman. The key was broken after I had new tires installed and they never told me, until I went in for tire rotation. No one wanted to touch this issue, even Mini said the key's tend to break and wanted about $150-$200 per wheel to drill out and replace with standard bolt due to labor cost. This was great - a bit of a learning curve for the first one then the next three took about 15 minutes each. The biggest issue I had on the first one was getting the Key out of the 15/16 socket - pretty stubborn and hard to get a solid swing with the mini sledge hammer. I then remembered I had my Dads BIG ball-peen hammer and with some steady whacks it came out. Great Video and instructions.

[jamesmcmurrey]

I had some luck with this technique too. The first 15/16 socket didn't do much but chew up the outer spinning ring on the McGard lock nut. I had luck shaving the ring down a bit and then a chisel to bust off the spinning ring. I then again used a rotary tool to shave down the "naked" lock nut to allow the 13/16 socket to hammer on well enough, so that a breaker bar allowed me to unbolt the entire nut without worrying about the innards of the inner tines, etc. Wallah! Thanks for the sharing, it was a great help. BTW this was a rear wheel on a 2008 Dodge Ram 1500. I've been sweating getting a flat on that tire for a few months. Done with McGard and now I can go get my rear brakes done.

[hotdogtrout]

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!

[rickie]

Good advice is always remove the wheel locks yourself and replace with factory lug nut before taking your vehicle to the shop, never let a shop touch your wheel locks they often use an impact to remove and install, not good for the wheel lock

[Torontoflatlander]

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.

[fidelrangel]

I cant believe it actually worked. Tires shops around my area didnt want to attempt to remove them. I was told time and time again to go to the dealership. 416.00 is what they charge to remove 2 of these high security wheel studs. 1/2 drive sockets and an extension cost 24.00. Thanks for sharing!!!!

[spencermoore]

Great video. I used a half inch drive, six sided, 24mm deep socket which I hammered (quite easily) over the locking bolts free spinning outer sleeve then instead of hammering the socket side to side I used a half inch drive long extension in the socket and levered side to side, up and down until it loosened the front part of the locking bolt and came out. Took about 5 minutes. I am fortunate enough to have access to a mig welder so I welded an old 17mm wheel nut on the seperated part of the locking wheel bolt, being careful not to get weld splatter in the splines, hammered it back in and happy days bolt out !!

[ericoyes]

There's another easier method that thieves use if you only have one lock per wheel; it involves over torquing the other nuts by a good amount (this can be risky, as you can shear off a stud if your lugs are already over torqued), this takes the pressure off the lock nut and you can simply unscrew it by hand.

[rickie]

This is good to know that these locks do work well, not easy to take off, thieves don't like that

[hankj]

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.

[fbird]

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!

[jimffra]

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.

[shrkbeight]

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 :}