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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 11:23 AM
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my mate is in the shit, he doesnt have the internet so im posting this for him, his car has some locking wheel nuts on it and he doesnt have the key

really desperate as one wheel is bent and needs replacing asap

how do we go about getting these things off?

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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 11:44 AM
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depends on what sort of locking wheel nuts? are they just the bolt or do the have the thread on them as well?
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 12:12 PM
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use a grinder and cut the wheel off..i saw that in a fast ford magazine
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 12:41 PM
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close matching socket and a lump hammer, whack it on, remove nut and wheel
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 02:01 PM
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as above with a slightly smaller socket has always worked for me or you can get a special socket with a left handed thread on the inside with winds onto the lock nut and grips it
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 02:51 PM
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use a grinder and cut the wheel off..i saw that in a fast ford magazine Surpris Surpris-!!!!!
BLOW IT OFF -I SAW IT ON A TV DOCUMENTORY ABOUT HOW TO GET A WHEEL OFF IN AFGANISTAN--------
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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Bang an 18mm socket on it. Works everytime.
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 03:30 PM
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thanks guys tried everything at home and they were a right cunt without the necessary tools so we just took it to a tyre place in the end

they even took them 2hrs to get fuckers off!

end result, wheels off, new ones on happy now.... til the next thing goes wrong
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 03:32 PM
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Use pipe freezing kit on it, then really heavy whack with hammer chisel, does not matter as wheel is scrap, then just replace stud.
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