Key for wheel bolt locks broke
On Saturday when I was changing tires myself, the key for the wheel bolt lock broke off after successfully swapping out one wheel.
See pic here
Over the years, I use a torque wrench to properly secure the bolts at 90 ft-lbs as recommended. The electric impact wrench I was using was not able to remove the bolt with the key, and somehow, the pattern on the key broke and it's now stuck on the locking bolt. The bolt itself, AFAIK, is still fastened to the wheel.
As far as I can remember, the locking bolts are circular in shape and have spinning tops, so chiseling one side of the bolt and using a slightly larger socket to try to remove it probably won't work as some of the YouTube videos suggested.
So now, I have one summer tire (right front), and the other three are still winter tires. Luckily it's not too warm right now. Would anyone be able to tell me what can be done to fix this?
See pic here
Over the years, I use a torque wrench to properly secure the bolts at 90 ft-lbs as recommended. The electric impact wrench I was using was not able to remove the bolt with the key, and somehow, the pattern on the key broke and it's now stuck on the locking bolt. The bolt itself, AFAIK, is still fastened to the wheel.
As far as I can remember, the locking bolts are circular in shape and have spinning tops, so chiseling one side of the bolt and using a slightly larger socket to try to remove it probably won't work as some of the YouTube videos suggested.
So now, I have one summer tire (right front), and the other three are still winter tires. Luckily it's not too warm right now. Would anyone be able to tell me what can be done to fix this?