If you have a metal lathe just looking for some work, why not make your own lock nuts? That’s what [my mechanics insight] did when faced with a peculiar lock nut that needed replacing in a car. We can ...

Recently, we had our 2005 Toyota RAV4 taken in for its regularly scheduled maintenance, which included rotating the tires. Each tire has a locking lug nut, and when I picked up the car, my mechanic ...

Around three years ago Doc Hammett, of Totally Stainless, called STREET RODDER Editor Brian Brennan because of a recommendation in a tech article not to reuse Nylock nuts. Doc had remembered a tech ...

Q: Does the auto industry have any plans to provide one odd-sized lug nut for each wheel to deter theft? T.G., New Lenox, Ill. A: One odd-size lug nut would probably do nothing to stop a determined ...

Q: A friend of mine just bought a 2002 Corvette. Nice car but he neglected to check out the lug nuts. The wheels have a locking lug nut on each one. There is no master unlock and the previous owner is ...

A 2020 Corvette C8 had its wheels stolen in Detroit last week, but that might not have happened if the model had some technology from Ford. While locking lug nuts are nothing new, Ford has teamed up ...

Without exception, the biggest headache for repair shops anywhere (and among the top 10 for car owners) are locking wheel nuts. If you bought your current ride new from almost any of the over 3,200 ...