Someone to get my locking wheel nut off!

[medici999]

The garage can only remove 3, they wont drill the last one out.


Is anyone fairly local to be that will be able to come get it off for me?

Thanks

 

[-Leigh-]

Why can't the garage do it?

 

[Sarah]

as above, garage should be able to do it, but they might charge you a bit more

 

[Gally]

Pmsl!

 

[-Leigh-]

I can do it, but you'll have to pay petrol.

 

[medici999]

The garage said it just wont come off, and they wont drill it out.

 

[-Leigh-]

The garage said it just wont come off, and they wont drill it out.

Take it to another garage that will then.

 

[Gally]

Weld a bolt to it and unscrew the bolt?

Had to do that before!

 

[magh]

^^^ its french, the locking nuts will no doubt be made from monkey iron. go to a backstreet garage they will get it out in a jiffy.

 

[medici999]

Ill ask them to weld it tbh, it is a back street garage, lol.

 

[magh]

you wont weld strong enough onto monkey iron. also have you tried propper tightning the other 3, this then releaves some pressure from the stuck one making it easier to remove?

 

[Sarah]

take it to another garage...one will sort it for you eventually

 

[medici999]

If they dont sort it today ill have to, surely smashing a socket over it should work?

 

[-Leigh-]

If they dont sort it today ill have to, surely smashing a socket over it should work?

Try and find out?

 

[ipodsandguns]

smash a s**t imperial sized socked on, impact gun. done.

Done it my self a fair few times.

 

[medici999]

And if i dont have an impact gun, lol.

 

[medici999]

Ill happily pay petrol is someones closeish to me.

 

[richy22]

Hence why I got rid of my locking wheel nuts.

Not bothered that someone "might" nick the wheels. If they are that determined they would get them off even with locking nuts.

 

[ilovewilly]

Crack the outer spining colour off with a chisel and then smash a socket ontop of what you are left with.

 

[magh]

for one you cant just smash a socket over them as said above they have a spinning collar to prevent this, secondley ^^^^^^^ ilovewilly have you tried chiesiling the collar off i have, you cant the chiesel just bounces off and you WILL wreck your alloys, just do as i said in the pm ask your mates with renaults to borrows their locking keys, you will eventually get one that fits, theres only about 5 different patterns.

 

[Gally]

How about removing the car from the wheel nut?

 

[car.crash]

You can weld a bolt onto them no worries. Your talking crap if you feel the metal is not strong enough or you don't know how to use a welder properly.

 

[magh]

personal opinion then! but i wouldnt put a welder f**king anywhere near my alloys, but then again some of us have sense.

 

[car.crash]

I did 4 a few weeks back and did no damage. Why would a welder damage the wheels unless you don't know how to use one. Smashing a chisel onto a washer will do more damage if you slip.

 

[JD]

Yawn.

When I needed to remove the locking nuts off our SJ we banged a screwdriver into it and used a hammer to turn it round, thus undoing the nut.

 

[mx1_champ]

bash a socket over it then undo worked 9/10 for me

 

[Gally]

Wot think?

 

[JD]

bash a socket over it then undo worked 9/10 for me

Or this.

 

[mx1_champ]

eh ?

 

[john182rs]

Drill a hole down the center then use a large'ish reverse threaded bolt and screw that in (anti clock wise of course) Keep tightening it up and it will pop.
I did it like this with a 2ft bar on to the rachet handle and it soon came off, no damage to the alloys at all. Reverse threaded bolt cost me £5 for 6 different sizes.

 

[mx1_champ]

^^ to do that tho you need very good drill bits which most people dont have so will more than likely just melt the tip of the drill bit

 

[magh]

bash a socket over it then undo worked 9/10 for me

you cant renault locking wheel nuts have a spinning collar so all your doing is turning the collar not the bolt.

 

[magh]

I did 4 a few weeks back and did no damage. Why would a welder damage the wheels unless you don't know how to use one. Smashing a chisel onto a washer will do more damage if you slip.

spatter from the welding landing on the alloy thus marking the alloy. and your presuming the OP can weld very well or have access to all welding equipment.