Favour - locking wheelnut key badly needed..

[Major_Tom]

..the kind with three lugs which mate with the wheelnut. Anyone have one I can borrow for a day? The 2.8s brakes are dragging bigtime and I can't for the life of me find the damn key.

I'll get a picture up tomorrow. If anyone has one I'll buy you some pints

[340truck]

...of getting them off without the "key" mate - if you can't find one get back to me...!

[thesnake505]

http://www.lockingwheelnutremover.com/indexEnglish.htmlFUN IS NOT A STRAGHT LINE

[thesnake505]

thats hammering on a socket thats a little small for it can work!FUN IS NOT A STRAGHT LINE

[rich_jc]

I think there are a few different ones though with the three lugs in slightly different places. Does the nut have a sleeve on it that spins freely of the nut?

Rich"bar weep granna weep ni ni bong!"

[Peter-S]

Are they thos chunky black ones that go with chromed nuts and red plastic caps? I've got a couple of those and they're not the same but you're welcome to a loan.

[injection444]

You're welcome to try mine but you'd have to go to Felixstowe to get it out of the car or if you have no luck by thursday i'm off work for 2 days.

[Major_Tom]

Look familiar?

Cheers for the info to - snake you're the man. If noone has a spare I'll buy the kit. It's probably £076905 though.. I always get wary when prices aren't on the site..

[340truck]

..."reverse thread" stud extractor of suitable size in one of the holes, plenty of WD to help and you should get enough oomph to loosen the nut.

[rich_jc]

\\they're only pepper pots, lol

Rich"bar weep granna weep ni ni bong!"

[Peter-S]

that's not what I was thinking of - haven't got one of those.

[Major_Tom]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0160386307

There it is, near the bottom, facin the cemera. Little three luigged nugget.

[standard_Man]

I Belive two lugs are the same then one is on a different place.

Don't waste you time.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DRAPER-4-PIECE-LO ... dZViewItem

[Matty2148]

I`d get a reverse thread locking nut extractor from the frauds ...
Matthew

[Major_Tom]

..maybe I'll just get the RAC to do it!

[Matty2148]

T**T a socket on the end and try that I`ve used chisels before now to get those  fookers off.
Matthew

[mjcapri]

Thats what I did. The nuts were very tight, but they still came off. Use a single hex, it works better. Oh, and use a windy gun to remove them, otherwise the socket tends to twist off without turning the nut. Can't remember the size to use off hand, but see what size fits the ordinary wheel nuts and use the next one down.
It's not as hard as it sounds.

[Major_Tom]

..am I missing something? That seems physically impossible!

[mjcapri]

As long as you use a reasonable socket you should have no problems at all, the metal used to make the nuts being relatively soft. Use a deep one, they're much easier to bray on. And use a decent weight hammer, not something you'd break toffee up with!