Spare tire winch lock

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Jstewa1963

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I purchased a new 2018 2500. I recently had my first need to use spare. When trying to remove spare I found my jack kit tool did not operate the winch and I could not lower the tire.
I went to local dealer (not the same as dealer purchased from) and the let me know it was a key lock similar to what the tires have. They called the dealer I bought it from, as they did not know what this lock was. Purchased dealer said they did not put it on and if they had the key would be in the truck. So somewhere between factory and dealer, this got installed. No key to be found. Are these exclusive to vehicle or is there a master?
Thanks
 

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i've dropped my spare a couple times in both of my rams and i'm trying to picture how a wheel lock style of lock would even work on the wheel winch and i'm stumped.
 

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@bcbouy the "lock" is in the winch tube, it doesn't allow the regular square end that is there.
@Jstewa1963 look under the seats to see if it zip tied to the underside of the seat, the piece your looking for is only about 1.5" long.
 

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I would like to see a pic of this. On my 2019, further inside by the winch is a cotter pin that holds the extention on. You could just take that out and be able to operate it
 

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I was having the same problem, in my glove box had a separate rod in bag as long as the black rod.
 

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