with 3 round holes in, ive bloody lost mine and my wheel bearings screaming its ass off, anyone got any idea how im gonna get it off without munching the wheel to pieces??

 

bash a 17mm on it or find another key, they all go on just need a crack with a hammer

or a suitable socket will hammer on nice too, then just unwind it

 

you realise the thing is round and the outside is a sleeve that turns its not that simple.........ill have a look though tomorow

 

yes mate, i do

thats y u use a hammer and very snug socket, the actual bolt is soft material and the sleve will crush down into it when you wallop it, many a time ive bought a rst to break and its not had the key, if i havent got my spare lock nut box with me ill hammer on a quality socket then punch back out teh stud, or use a old socket and bin it


tri-locks shud be binned if u have em, they are crap at the best of times and if sum1 wants your wheels they wont stop em, they will however stop you swapin to a spare cos the shit keys always slip in the holes

 

lol ok ill have a '' bash'' tomorow , failing that , there are a few alloy wheel places near me

thanks mate

 

as 1.9 xr2 on 40's sais.

if it's tight and you hit it on hard enough it wont be square no more

 

you can get locking wheel nut removers they're like a socket with a reverse thread

 

that's the crack...done it a few times myself....

 

Or do what my mate did: carefully tack (weld) a nut onto the top then used a normal socket to remove the lock-nut. Just have to be careful when welding inside the nut hole.

 

I had the exact same problem, I got the locking wheel nut removers from wilco (£20) as said above they have a reverse thread. The sleave just cracks off if you hammer a screw driver between that and the nut

 

the only trouble with bodging it off like that is i have to do all poxy 4 of them, im gonna strip the garage out 1st , just to make sure its deff not fallen behind something

 

ok well i saw a DAF truck mech today in the yard asked him to have a bash at it , after 40 minutes he told me he CANT do it , now i have a mashed up locking wheel nut , and i have to remove ALL fcuking 4 of them, i am not happy at all, my wheel bearing has totally collapsed now and the car is off the road , im well pleased [ NOT ]

im going to have to get a socket of my own and smash the shit out if it now , then try and find a way to saefely remove the others

 

why not get a locking wheel nut remover and do the job properly??? They cost fuck all

 

i will have to , i ''thought'' i would use the advice i was given on here starting from the top......

thats something else i can try i ''guess''

 

ok so what one out of all theese would be the best to buy ???

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/sear...ver&category0=

 

Deffo go 4 a 4 piece set, as I only got a 2 piece the 1st time and both were to big. Do you have a local wilcos near u? or you could phone the aa if ur a member and get it done 4 nothin

 

yeh we got wilcos, mothers on the case, LOL

 

just been looking at the motor, the wheel that has the shagged bearing actually wobbles 2'' in and out, if i went fast enough round the wrong corner i think i might loose the ass end, LOL


getting it done tomorow