Remove steering wheel lock? HELP!

[Chrono]

Anybody have experience with this? We had lost our cars keys and had a spare. My gf put the club on without realizing that we no longer possessed the keys to the club. Need to remove it so we can use the vehicle!

 

[HAL9000]

http://forums.anandtech.com/forumdisplay.php?f=49

 

[FallenHero]

Hacksaw.

 

[Zeze]

Just call an auto locksmith.

Often today, your insurance already carries free emergency services (Geico and Progressive did).

I was on my road trip and got locked out in Miami (from NY). One phone call to Progressive and they got a local contractor to come out and opened the car within 30 minutes. All free. Awesome.

 

[Alone]

Not gonna help you steal a car.

 

[FoBoT]

Hacksaw.

on the steering wheel, not the club
hacksawing the club will take forever, just cut a piece out of the steering wheel to get the club off, it'll only take 5 minutes

 

[DominionSeraph]

You can pick the lock on a Club with a paperclip.

 

[guyver01]

My gf put the club on without realizing that we no longer possessed the keys to the club. Need to remove it so we can use the vehicle!

use the key she used to put it on.

you cannot lock the club without a key.
thus.. you use the SAME key.. to unlock it.

 

[rudeguy]

use the key she used to put it on.

you cannot lock the club without a key.
thus.. you use the SAME key.. to unlock it.

yep

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

use the key she used to put it on.

you cannot lock the club without a key.
thus.. you use the SAME key.. to unlock it.

I used to have one with a ratchet mechanism that could be locked without a key.

 

[silverpig]

Hacksaw.

This. It'll take a while and may be awkward, but you'll get 'er done.

 

[Chrono]

I used to have one with a ratchet mechanism that could be locked without a key.

This. I think it's a knock-off club or something. You do not need a key to lock. Car was towed to our house last night. We just need to unlock/remove it. Any other ideas?

 

[God Mode]

My club locks without the key. It acts like a giant ziptie with a lock on the sliding mechanism.

 

[TheNinja]

Sawzall and about 20 blades

 

[zerocool84]

How to steal a car

 

[FoBoT]

How to steal a car

this

3. Cut the steering wheel itself if there's a steering wheel lock.

 

[Chrono]

How to steal a car

Kinda wanna avoid damaging the car in any way. Would probably be a last minute resort of some sort. We're currently hacking away at it with a saw.

 

[rudeguy]

This. I think it's a knock-off club or something. You do not need a key to lock. Car was towed to our house last night. We just need to unlock/remove it. Any other ideas?

air grinder

 

[Chrono]

Okay success. It's off via the dremel method. Thanks guys.

 

[qliveur]

Anybody have experience with this? We had lost our cars keys and had a spare. My gf put the club on without realizing that we no longer possessed the keys to the club. Need to remove it so we can use the vehicle!

Nice try, wannabe car thief.

 

[FoBoT]

 

[Chrono]

LOL. Not a car thief here. Trust story. Lost set of keys while we were snowboarding that had the steering wheel lock keys. GF put club/steering wheel lock on, then after coming back out from gym realized that she had no key. There you go.

 

[Pardus]

here

 

[fatpat268]

People still use those things? I haven't seen one in at least 10 years here in Texas.

 

[Sitrep1]

Angle grinder...cordless is the best option. I cut through the "Twin Hooks" model ~3 min with ease. Put the blade in one of the grooves in the chrome shaft