Superduty turck number 3 for me. this one is a 2010 f-450 Harley edition. of course, no key for the spare and the used truck dealer said they just been jutting off the cables.

on my 2008 the famous 9/16 craftsman socket did not work but what did work was a cotter pin clipped to the end of a gas pipe....after bang it in...the wheel was able to lower and when I yanked the pipe off....the lock came off with it.

the cotter pin trick did not work on my 2010. nor did the sears nut extractor method. even tried some harbor freight stripped nut sockets to know eval.

I was faced with either slipping a metal rod down to the lock and arch sparking the rod onto the lock hoping it would weld or dripping a 3" hole into my bed to gain access from the top and then using a rubber plug to fill the hole.

before I could journey into seperation, I saw some grip-rite sockets at sears....which are also sold at autozone in a different packaging. I liked the 6 teeth that claim to bit onto the nut or bolt and thought if the lock was hight enough...this might work.

went hope and put it to the test...you could certainly feel the socket bit into the lock and the grip was good enough to where it would not slip off....however...10 spins resulted in no movement of the tire.....slowed the spin rate down and gave the socket extentions a few taps will in motion and bang....the tire started to lower.


once the tire was lowered...I pulled the extensions out and the socket was still gripped onto the lock. went under the truck and wiggled the socket and it came out along with the lock.