ABN Twist Socket Set Lug Nut Remover Extractor Tool - 5 Piece Metric Bolt and Lug Nut Extractor Socket Tools

OK - I lost my locking lugnut key. Darn!!! Warning light said I had a low tire pressure, and here I am with no way to get the tire fixed. Youtube and ABN to the rescue. Some of the videos suggested hammering a slightly larger (sacrificial) socket onto the locking lugnut. I tried that, but, NO dice. Just couldn't get it to bite. A few other videos suggested welding a nut on top of the lugnut, but the videos showed wheel damage AND marginal results. Could not see doing that, and besides, I don't have a welder. There was also a video showing the use of a pneumatic chisel to try and impact the nut loose, while destroying the nut, and probably hitting th mag wheel as well. Although I had a compressor and hose, I DIDN'T have a chisel. The risks and equipment costs also didn't make sense. THEN, I came across videos showing the ABN Twist Socket Lug Nut Remover SET. Less than $30 including tax. I ordered the set, and it arrived today. I immediately decided to try it, and WOW! 15 minutes later, I had removed all four locked lugnuts, and replaced them with the four original lugnuts I COULD find in my toolbox. THIS deserves 5+ stars, and will work for many other recalcitrant nuts, should I ever need this kind of solution again. DEFINITELY RECOMMEND this to you!

Worked like a champ! I had tried a regular socket with a cheater bar (a 1" steel pipe about 3 feet long), and it just tore up the acorn and stripped the edges on the nut underneath. I put the extractor socket on the ruined nut, tapped it a couple times with a hammer to seat it fully, and then put some muscle on it with the cheater and it came right off. Good product!

Shop decided to test the maximum tightening torque of their impact gun and it was… a little higher than the torque spec. Lug nuts that weren’t already warped were tight enough that they got stuck in my socket, and a few of them the hex pattern was warped/twisted enough that the socket would not seat. Well, this and a little sledgehammer combined allowed me to grip and remove the nuts. Had to repair the threads on the studs before the new nuts would work even. Only complaint is that the pin to eject the nut was not super effective. It was strong and. The right size for the job, but it just didn’t work well. You can see the top of the one nut that collapsed from the ejector and it never budged in the socket. I ended up rapping the socket against the face of the sledgehammer, hitting the side of the socket, and the nut would eject.

This kit is awesome! If your lug nuts have the caps, first use one size up to shear off the cap. Then use the appropriate size to remove the nut underneath. It could help if you slid a pole over your Ratchet or breaker bar for leverage, unless you are strong. (Also, when using a long pole make sure you don’t scratch your paint. Hold a towel with your hand in between the bar and your car.) Good Luck!!!!

Very good product

saw many reviews of other brands breaking when hitting with hammer. So, I had friend with size 12 boot sit down and push with his foot on socket as hard as he could. Turned torque wrench slowly, felt it bite and removed 4 locking nuts off 99 Camero ss. No chipping on socket at all, ready to do more if I had anymore. Try this method first before hitting with hammer or a least try rubber hammer first, while slowly turning wrench.

This item was a perfect solution to a lug nut that was rusted on my car. Highly recommended for this and worth the $25.00

Absolute life saver