Member Since: 22 Jan 2007
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 29
Locking wheel nut problem
Any advice would be truly appreciated.
My local tyre place has manged to f**k up my locking wheel bolt on the rear offside wheel. The top half of the bolt is now spinning quite freely, and the bottom half seems to be stuck. The wheel nut seems not to be able to latch on to the bottom half.
Is there a way to remove the wheel bolt without drilling and welding?
Any help would be appreciated.
10th Sep 2009 11:45 am
SJR
Member Since: 09 Aug 2006
Location: East Manchester
Posts: 4030
Have the tyre place accepted responsibility for their damage? I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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The nut is design so if someone try to remove the whole nut with out the proper tool the head twist on the spines that hold the two bits together.
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10th Sep 2009 1:37 pm
John C
Member Since: 28 Aug 2007
Location: East Yorkshire
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Ditch the locking nuts? Pretty big job to get a D3 off the ground to nick all four wheels...2020 SDV6 D5 HSE, Carpathian Grey +
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10th Sep 2009 2:14 pm
JonnieR
Member Since: 22 Jan 2007
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 29
Thanks for all your comments. I am aware how the nuts work, and the problem is not having a locking wheel nut - the problem is how do i get one out that is knackered? If you drill and weld then the alloy will most likely get damaged, and to use a reverse thread bolt is very difficult because of the depthe required in such a soft steel.
any help really is appreciated and I dont wish to sound ungrateful to those that have taken the time to post.
10th Sep 2009 2:26 pm
SJR
Member Since: 09 Aug 2006
Location: East Manchester
Posts: 4030
It has been suggested in the past to hammer a socket onto the damaged lock nut and then remove it with a breaker bar I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
Buzz Aldrin (1930 -
10th Sep 2009 2:30 pm
Disco3newbie
Member Since: 26 Oct 2008
Location: Scottish Borders
Posts: 600
Sounds like a problem for the local tyre place......not you, unless they have a highly visible disclaimer I suppose but someone with more knowledge will be along soon.Club RLD spare wheel protection
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10th Sep 2009 5:15 pm
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
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Miss align the locking key and HAMMER it on. Or as others have said its not your problem
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10th Sep 2009 7:56 pm
MacLeod 313
Member Since: 18 Apr 2008
Location: away
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or leave it n buy some mousse tyre weld , mine is still stuck on exactly the same way
10th Sep 2009 8:10 pm
frenchy
Member Since: 05 Dec 2007
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 1037
Mine did the 'top half spinning thing' - I rotated the top half until the top & bottom grooves line up, and was then able to hammer the wheel nut adapter fully home and removed the little bas rd
the locking nuts were than removed from all four wheels and skipped - replaced by standard nuts.
Good Luck
11th Sep 2009 8:38 pm
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
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See it does work In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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or leave it n buy some mousse tyre weld 
, mine is still stuck on exactly the same way
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