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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Martz on 16 June 2006, 00:10
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Sold my BBS's and have my wheels all nice and ready for inters but I am unable to get the last wheel of my car so I can swap back! :angry: Was tightening up (nothing to much) and the key twisted and bent the pattern! Arrrrrgggggggg. I have spoken and emailed McGard in Germany and have been advised a replacement key is in the post. Hope it's here Saturday latest.
I have tried a reversing socket to remove it and it lasted for just one.
My other option is to drill it? :undecided:
Any other suggestions?
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drill a slight hole in the casing thenhammer and chissel it round that dealership advice
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Tried that, don't want to go too mad as I have sld the wheels. I tried the socket that removes the nuts but it is a little too wide. :undecided:
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try gettin a socket thats just a little to small to go over it and hammer it on, if one of them dont work its welding time
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Have you tried running it in to your local alloy wheel supplier, i had this problem a couple of years back when i had an old RS1600i Escort and lost the lock nut altogether, i ran it into a place called Extreme in Harlow, Essex...gave them £40, came back 15mins later and all the lock nuts were off!! :cool:
Not sure how they got em off (but knowing harlow they probably teach it in primary school!! :grin:) but top notch service, i had been quoted stupid money by loads of other places! :smiley:
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When i changed my wheels at the weekend, i realised my locking nut key had been sold along with a load of bolts for my old kosei wheels.. doh. Compressor and air chisel, all done and dusted within 10 minutes. This was the old circular 3-pin type ones though.. so had a decent slot to stick the chisel in to spin the bolts round.
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I had to use one of those Gator Grip things its like a socket with lots pins in it and they retract to fit the patterns...
All good took me a few mins and slowly turning it :smiley:
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drill a slight hole in the casing thenhammer and chissel it round that dealership advice
yes this is the only way.
the heat from the drill bit will help remove the bolt too
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try gettin a socket thats just a little to small to go over it and hammer it on, if one of them dont work its welding time
SORTED! :cool:
Cheers
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get a old torx bit and smash it into the middle of the nut. then air gun it out :D
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If the nuts aren't recessed it's a piece of piss. If getting a smaller socket and bashing the twunt on doesn't work a cold chisel and a FBH should shift it unless it's been overtightened.
This advice comes from the man who left the adaptor on a wheelnut and saw it bounce off and go 30 feet in the air on the M62. If you were on the M62 about 5 years ago and a metal blob bounced off a Sierra and took out your screen I apologise.