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Offline MAW73

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Re: Locking wheel nut stuck
« Reply #10 on: 28 August 2010, 09:55 »
Well this little exercise cost £35 in the end to get the stuck wheel nut out and to swap the wheels over and re-balance.

However I also now need a new tyre for the interlagos wheels but that can wait for now. Gonna give the car a good clean now its a nice day out there.


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Offline PenguinGTI

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Re: Locking wheel nut stuck
« Reply #11 on: 28 August 2010, 12:36 »
I have had lots of problems with the nuts on the GTI. Glad to finally know it's not just my inadequacies  :smiley:.

I tried a  wrench  - wouldn't budge   :huh:

I tried an impact driver  - wouldn't budge   :embarassed:

I tried an impact driver with a sledge hammer - wouldn't budge  :undecided:

My local garage tried the buzz gun - wouldn't budge  :cry:

In the end they tried a lubricant spray  in between blasts of the buzz gun. It came off. 

I suppose I feel assured now that no one has a chance of stealing my wheels :laugh:

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Re: Locking wheel nut stuck
« Reply #12 on: 29 August 2010, 09:14 »
Bloody VW locking wheel nuts are a nightmare. I had one get completely stuck once and rounded off the internal pattern about an hour before someone was coming to buy the darn wheels. It ended up having to be removed by chiseling a slot into the bolt head and removing it like a giant screw.
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Re: Locking wheel nut stuck
« Reply #13 on: 29 August 2010, 09:31 »
I have a set of THESE which have worked successfully in the past.
The only ones it doesn't work with is the MCGard ones with the spinning outside shell.
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Re: Locking wheel nut stuck
« Reply #14 on: 29 August 2010, 09:42 »
^ good post that Mike :wink:

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Offline MAW73

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Re: Locking wheel nut stuck
« Reply #15 on: 29 August 2010, 10:02 »
I have had lots of problems with the nuts on the GTI. Glad to finally know it's not just my inadequacies  :smiley:.

I tried a  wrench  - wouldn't budge   :huh:

I tried an impact driver  - wouldn't budge   :embarassed:

I tried an impact driver with a sledge hammer - wouldn't budge  :undecided:

My local garage tried the buzz gun - wouldn't budge  :cry:

In the end they tried a lubricant spray  in between blasts of the buzz gun. It came off. 

I suppose I feel assured now that no one has a chance of stealing my wheels :laugh:

Yep don't worry PenguinGTI, its not just you...... I was stressed out yesterday when I couldn't get the nut off but the kwick-fit saved the day. I really didn't think they would be able to get it out as I had been trying for ages. If my neighbours had been watching they would have been laughing cause I was really giving it some trying to shift the bloody thing and when the key slipped I ended up fallling over on my drive way :grin:

Never again, a tyre specialists job I swap the alloys over... !




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Offline am1w

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Re: Locking wheel nut stuck
« Reply #16 on: 29 August 2010, 10:17 »
I bet MAW you are thinking of a third pair. Hilarious you having a toss whilst (un)screwing!

Penguin: Your post, as usual, was most descriptive and interesting.

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