Removal of rotating collar wheel nuts

[Dec-F]

I've never had the front wheels of my current car off so far. I went to remove them today and found yet were extremely right, presumably over torqued by the previous owner. Also to make matters worse the key has rounded off. Has anyone got any suggestions to remove them?

thanks,

Dec

 

[JamesBryan]

Breaker bar for the tight wheel nuts and maybe a locking wheel nut removal tool for the rounded off locking nut.

 

[Dec-F]

the issue with my locking wheel nut is that they have free to spin collars to prevent removal tools from being used. Just been to a mate of mine who owns a garage and he said he chisels the collar of and then uses the tool, so I might give this a go if/when its dry tomorrow

 

[Matt@codered]

Break out the mig welder for the locking wheel bolts .... Weld a nice big nut/hefty bolt to the locking wheel bolt, let the heat sink into the hub and breaker bar to remove.
Easy when you've fine one it two, I've had to do loads in the past.

 

[Dec-F]

That's a plan, might have to do that if the collar is tough to break

 

[Lawson10]

I had the exact same problem recently I had no hope chiselling the collar off ended up doing the same and just welding a socket on and breaker bar to loosen, it's the only thing that worked for me anyway !