Welded on a cut down M12 bolt head and freed them off one by one. Quite easy in the end
Had some time on Sunday morning so decided to tackle my locking wheel nuts for which I'd lost the key.
Welded on a cut down M12 bolt head and freed them off one by one. Quite easy in the end
You did well! This is the length we had to go to to get a wheel off Conrod's old Saab...
Conrod wheel
The locking wheel nut sheared off so there was nothing to weld to. We tried everything, but in the end butchering the wheel was the only way.
Chris
That looks like hard work!
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Did you not try a 12pt socket driven on first. Usually works on those even with the slip ring.
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Originally posted by adithorp
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Did you not try a 12pt socket driven on first. Usually works on those even with the slip ring.
Last time I tried the 12 point trick I just broke a socket.
good effort chris! after recently cutting an alloy in half around its circumference, i know how bloody hard they are to cut!!
grinder blades got clogged up within seconds and hacksaw blades barely touched it! god knows how hard it must be with the wheel still on the car
lol
top tip, dont tighten the locking wheel bolts up as much as the rest of the bolts! makes it much easier WHEN you loose the key!
also, get some bloody copper slip on them! they look dry as hell
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Originally posted by Matt21
top tip, dont tighten the locking wheel bolts up as much as the rest of the bolts! makes it much easier WHEN you loose the key!
also, get some bloody copper slip on them! they look dry as hell
I'm impressed the weld held - couldn't have been done up that tight.
Did you not try to make a 3 pronged key for them?
Considered trying to make a key, but didn't have suitable materials to hand and I suspect it would have taken longer to do as well.
I've got those wheels on my Locost
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Originally posted by Matt21
good effort chris! after recently cutting an alloy in half around its circumference, i know how bloody hard they are to cut!!
grinder blades got clogged up within seconds and hacksaw blades barely touched it! god knows how hard it must be with the wheel still on the car lol
top tip, dont tighten the locking wheel bolts up as much as the rest of the bolts! makes it much easier WHEN you loose the key!
also, get some bloody copper slip on them! they look dry as hell
