rounded of locking nut

[billy_vw]

There i was hapily changing my alloys to the newer montreal versions for the gti.

Completed 3 alloys no probs and then on the last wheel the bolts were on so tight
that the locking nut rounded off on the drivers front.

after an hour of trying to fudge to get it to move i had no choice but to drive to a local garage and ask if they could help.

They struggled for a while too, and after 30 mins hey presto the locking nut came out...
With a big relief i gave the mechanic a big kiss (and a tenner)
And went home to fit the 4th alloy.

BEFORE



AFTER

[Rhyso]

much better

[richw911]

Looks really good

[GTi-Matt]

nice one mate, those vw lockers are a mare to get out

[golfgtidan]

i had this issue at work this morning! pug 406!!!! french!!!!!!!  

wheel bolt rounded off! i tried for ages different things to try to shift it! i got rather angry shall we say... customer sat in reception didnt help... so we tried to weld a nut to it, nope... no good then a bolt.. no good!! in the end just welded a whole load of weld on it and managed to remove it using a turbo socket... took me 4 hours to remove it in the end....   
liking the new wheels by the way

[RTechUK]

You not having much luck are you Billy?
I think you car wants to stay standard. 

1st you get a remap and the clutch throws a wobberly,
2nd you try to upgrade the wheels, and they dont want to come off.

The car looks better with the new wheels.

Has your clutch been fitted yet?


Nick

[billy_vw]

Car went in garage today and had wrong clutch supplied 

Replacement is arriving Wednesday, Hopefully all sorted after that.

[RTechUK]

Shame!  I bet you cant wait to take her for a good run. Hope you get is sorted Wednesday.

Nick

[JC]

depending on the lock nut set  there WAS a good socket on the market

got my lockers off in 1 minute for all 4 after the key WASNT where I was promised it was   

still get it on ebay