BMW Key lock on wheels stuck

[jeswaw]

Well I bought another E30 and went to go fit test my borbets then ran into a problem. The bottlecaps have a key lock, the ones that you have to have an actual key for. Well on the o/s rear wheel it looks like someone tried to get it off with a screwdriver and now I cant get the key into the key hole. Im new to the country and have no idea where to take it to as I dont have the proper tools at my place. Im a DIY kind of guy and would like to fix it by myself rather then taking it anywhere anyways. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Jeremiah

[BigBroom]

Does the key look like this

[town325i]

Big hammer and a chisel should sort it out cheap enough to buy rether than paying someone to do it

[jeswaw]

BigBroom- yes the keys look like that.

Town325i- Thats sorta what I was thinking

[BigBroom]

Drill it in the middle and then they pull out

[town325i]

They are a right pain to drill these are

[Brianmoooore]

They can be removed with a screwdriver and hammer quicker than opening the glovebox and finding the key!

[BigBroom]

They are a right pain to drill these are

Oh really found mine very easy to drill

[JWaller360]

just try wiggling the actual locking part with the pliers in the glovebox, I couldn't get the key into mine last night, but moving the locking collar about a bit allowed me to get the key in.

I'm sure I read on here that these were some of the best locking wheel nuts you can get

[BigBroom]

just try wiggling the actual locking part with the pliers in the glovebox, I couldn't get the key into mine last night, but moving the locking collar about a bit allowed me to get the key in.

I'm sure I read on here that these were some of the best locking wheel nuts you can get

Glovebox?

[JWaller360]

just try wiggling the actual locking part with the pliers in the glovebox, I couldn't get the key into mine last night, but moving the locking collar about a bit allowed me to get the key in.

I'm sure I read on here that these were some of the best locking wheel nuts you can get

Glovebox?

Apologies, Boot! unless you have a pair of pliers in your glovebox? I don't know I meant the toolkit in the boot, must have read glovebox from somewhere!

[jeswaw]

Well its just one thats messed up. I guess the one thats messed up ill try to hammer a chisel in it to shatter the locking mechanism. If that dont work ill drill it.