Wheel Lock lost - Help!
 

Hello All,

In my third world country, my dealership does not have a good supply of wheel lock adapters in stock to free my 20 inch wheels from the car. (i lost the key ..or someone did and is not owning up).

Anyway, I am really really hoping someone on the forum could help me, because drilling is not an option for me.

I have counted on my bolt 21 "peaks" or teeth . so i'm looking for an adapter key that has 21 "valleys"

My key and bolt looks just like this:

except that teeth count ain't matching up to that example.

Can anyone please help? I need the number on the back of your wheel lock.( If you are willing to count 21 valleys on your key. ) The major diameter may be 16mm

Thank you very much.

sorry to hear your situation. I had a similar jam when my rear blew on me. are you serious your in a 3rd world country? if there's no dealers or anyway whatsoever to get access to a key, i would try looking for this only if all else fails. yup, its a bottom bracket tool for bikes, now i don't know if you can find it in a 16mm, but worth a shot if your really stuck in a bind.
http://www.martynashfieldcycles.co.u...79_2847768.jpg

yep lost mine to a while back.

in australia our dealers have a little box with all the variations of lock keys

they just try them to see which one fits, then sell that one to you and replace there,s

cost me $16 from memory

get a socket that has the teeth and hammer iit over the bold, it should make its own teeth have fun :D

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6048/img2384q.jpg

mate i dont know what you are looking at but my factory locks are a cylinder with the teeth on the inside, the key is like a bolt head with a keyed shank, where the teeth are on the outside.and it fits into the wheel bolt head

its a simple matter of going to a BMW dealer and requesting a replacement, thats assuming of course that we are talking about the factory locking system

You would not believe how difficult it can get to source small parts locally! I live in a tiny island off venezuela. For example pagid pads are 150 usd by me for the front only!

I am greatful to all on this forum.

Its factory locking systm. Im not sure if the link I posted works. My dealer does not offer the service.

do the socket trick the socket should be big enough to fit over the bolt it self

Why not see if you could get a torx or an allen key to to fit inside the bolt head. Not unless your set has a pin the middle which prevents one from using a torx or allen key.

Which just goes to show how worthless wheel locks are.