Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site pur-phy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:pur-phy!act From: act@pur-phy.UUCP (Alex C. Tselis) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Car Theft - Part 2 (McGuard Wheel Locks) Message-ID: <1603@pur-phy.UUCP> Date: Sun, 20-Jan-85 21:10:33 EST Article-I.D.: pur-phy.1603 Posted: Sun Jan 20 21:10:33 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 22-Jan-85 05:44:50 EST References: <997@hou4a.UUCP> <631@voder.UUCP> Reply-To: act@pur-phy.UUCP (Alex C. Tselis) Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., IN Lines: 19 Summary: In article <631@voder.UUCP> kevin@voder.UUCP (The Last Bugfighter) writes: > > Just a comment about McGuard type locks; they are not fool-proof, >nothing is. When I was a manager at a 4Day Tire Store at least once >a week someone would come in for new tires who had forgotten his/her >wheel lock key. The simplest way to remove them is to pound an >appropiate size impact socket (not a standard socket, they'll split!) >over the lock and then use a standard wrench to remove. If the lock >was too tight or too deeply recessed then you just weld a standard nut >on top of it. We used an arc welder to do this which I assume would >be a lot quicker than a torch, but torches are not that expensive and >places like Sears sell small oxygen/propane versions. > And don't think that there aren't duplicates of your key either. >If I recall I believe that there are 1200 key paterns actually used so >it's not impossible for you and your neighbor to purchase locks that >both use the same key. We'd always check our stock of abandoned keys >to see if any would fit, on occasion they did. I sure hope that no car thieves are reading this stuff! It's absolute dynamite!