i cannot find the nut for the locking wheel nutts on my RS so can get the bloody wheels off, its the one with the 3 circles (tripod ) I just bought a new set with what looked like the same locking nuts, but it dont fit, anyone got any ideas on how to get the fookers off?

 

17mm socket and hammer it on, will get it off

 

http://gator-grip.com/ u want one of these badboys no locker too tuff

 

As Tiff said, Fookin nightmare but it will work. I had to do this before

 

The gator grips are shite IMHO

The pins just bend and snap off

 

A as the ad states beware of poor copys

 

Get the other skin off the nut (the bit that spins around) and then smash a 15mm socket over it (pref a impact socket)

 

My old man had to do this yesterday as my locking wheel nut broke

Hammer the fuck out of it

 

id bash an impact socket onto it and use a 2ft breaker bar to get it off

 

u can buy a proper tool for this i borrowed my mates very gd, pm me for detail as i dont want a mass wheel steal happening

 

GEEK

 

You can buy sockets designed for removing locking wheel nuts, they have a reverse cutting thread which basically bites into the nut/bolt as u're turning.

I tired em on mine but I didnt have the right size.

In the end went for hammering a socket over the nut did the trick for me.

 

Ford charged me Ł40 for getting the old ones off with their master and fitting a new set all included (supply and fit and vat)

 

it does help, u can order the set tho

 

Set costs a fortune though, these were 17 and 19mm ones and were only a fiver off ebay.

 

a mate of mine justbought a lock wheel remover from snap on for a decent price and said its very good, so if you can get ya hands on one be a good idea. but other places sell them too mate

 

true say
but surely measuring them first may have helped

 

rite that gatorgrip thing is wank! i tried one on my mrs car the other week.. and guess what i broke the fucker! did use a BIG breaker bar though and all my weight (i had previously gunned the nuts on )
It depends on the type of nut really! the ones on my cab you could just get a 17mm socket and bash it on.. they come off no problem!
On my mrs car.. they its PROPPER hard as they are just round! the only thing the locking key fits into is 4 little dimples in the face of the 'nut'
I ended up having to get a 6 sided, 12mm, deep, 1/2" drive, impact socket for my ex-girlfriends dad who sells snap-on stuff to get the buggers off!

 

Had mine removed today using one of these. Piece of piss. Previous owner lost the key so had a new set of lock nuts fitted. They were on way too tight as well. No need for them to be gunned down...only supposed to be on as a lock nut, not a physical securing nut. That's how the lock key tangs break off in the first place.

 

So much easier to use a gun though!

 

If you have a key for these locking nuts then drill one of the pins out so you are left with two pins as opposed to three and this should fit.

My mate works in a tyre place and thats what he uses when people lose there key - he has used it to remove loads of these wheel nuts and it hasnt failed to fit yet!!

A one pin would be the best option but isnt as strong and may break.

 

And once you have removed em, dont put any more back on Theyre shite so why bother wi em?

 

Because it stops someone nicking your wheels
Because insurance insist they are fitted (altho they don't physically check)
Because they do work (otherwise this thread wouldn't exist..)