Anyone ever had to remove steering lock without key?

[2QWIK4U]

I've had one of those stupid looking locks on the steering wheel,I think they called it "The Club",for years.Now the set of keys with that key on it is missing!!!!I can not find them anywhere !!!
I've got another set of car keys but how in the world am I gonna get that stupid lock off????

 

[Geoff87]

It can be picked VERY easily. 71RSZ28 (a locksmith) picked the Club lock on my Toyota Pickup with the clip off of a ball point pen and a thin piece of flat steel. Both of which were laying in the back of my "empty" truck bed.

 

[71RSZ28]

True story!

You can try to break it off in any number of ways, but you risk damaging the vehicle. Personally I wouldn't take the chance, especially with the leather steering wheel...

Any locksmith should be able to pick it open. The hardest part will be getting the car and a locksmith in the same place; you'll either have to pay a service call for the locksmith to come out, or have your car towed to his shop. Or if you can possibly pull the steering wheel with the Club in place (I even had someone bring in an entire steering column with the Club attached), you can drop it off at the lock shop and save some $$.

 

[EightSecV6]

I've had one of those stupid looking locks on the steering wheel,I think they called it "The Club",for years.Now the set of keys with that key on it is missing!!!!I can not find them anywhere !!!
I've got another set of car keys but how in the world am I gonna get that stupid lock off????

Just cut the steering wheel with a hacksaw and bend it out of the way, that is the way the thieves do it, takes less than a minute, they are not very effective at preventing theft!
If you have a cut off wheel, you can cut the shaft fairly easily, I have remove one like that before. You can also remove the steering wheel by taking the nut off and pulling REAL HARD if you cant get a puller in there and cut it off with a torch after it is out of the car of course....

 

[71RSZ28]

You can also remove the steering wheel by taking the nut off and pulling REAL HARD if you cant get a puller in there

If you're gonna try that, don't remove the nut entirely; loosen it as much as possible, but leave it on a few threads. Otherwise you'll get a face full of steering wheel when it lets loose (ask me how I know... )

 

[BOOSTEDGNs]

freon and a hammer



Alan