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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Nice of you to piss on the common sense advice that people were nice enough to offer. Had your wheels been overtightened by the last tire shop to touch them, you'd probably be singing a different tune. There's not much to bite on the outer diameter of the OEM wheel locks, it would be VERY easy to just spin a driven on socket on a tight nut.
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Advice to go to a dealer. Well, first of all that would be an OBVIOUS solution. I probably wouldn't have asked the board if I was going to go to the dealer. No, what you really meant was take the easy way out and let your wallet do the work.
Instead, I took 15 minutes of a Sunday and did this myself. Seems to me that the theme of Pelican Parts forums is DIY and is supported by our purchases. Telling members to go to the dealer is a disservice to Pelican.
However, before I clicked 'submit reply' I called a local dealer. Service dept wanted nothing to do with this. The service guy said that I should approach the parts dept about the master keys and then buy one after locating the correct pattern. Why would I buy a replacement if I'm tossing these? What's more is that I wonder if they will let a customer take the set out to the parking lot. I'll never know.
My fault for not checking for the key when I left the tire shop with new shoes but no key. That was a while back in itself, so going back there complaining would be a waste.