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Be careful with the wheel locks the chevy parts department sells for the SSR. Part number 12497478 is NOT the correct set of wheel locks for the SSR's alloy rims.
I ordered my wheel locks and received them yesterday. I went to install the first one and noticed the wheel lock lug nut was sinking below the surface of the wheel when it was being torqued down (103 lb-ft). At about 80 lb-ft of torque the lug nut was just not getting "tight" so I backed it out and found that the wheel was getting cut by the wheel lock lug nut.
The regular lug nut contact surface has about a 1/4" more of contact surface that allows the lug nut to fully occupy the cavity for the lug nut as it should.
The local parts department called GM today and they then confirmed that the wheels locks currently listed for the SSR are INCORRECT.
They've opened a case for this issue since GM claims to have released the 12497478 part number on 6/30/2004 for the SSR but now it looks to be incorrect after all.
What fun!
I ordered my wheel locks and received them yesterday. I went to install the first one and noticed the wheel lock lug nut was sinking below the surface of the wheel when it was being torqued down (103 lb-ft). At about 80 lb-ft of torque the lug nut was just not getting "tight" so I backed it out and found that the wheel was getting cut by the wheel lock lug nut.
The regular lug nut contact surface has about a 1/4" more of contact surface that allows the lug nut to fully occupy the cavity for the lug nut as it should.
The local parts department called GM today and they then confirmed that the wheels locks currently listed for the SSR are INCORRECT.
They've opened a case for this issue since GM claims to have released the 12497478 part number on 6/30/2004 for the SSR but now it looks to be incorrect after all.
What fun!