nick205
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 posted on 24/3/14 at 09:42 AM |
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Me 1 - locking wheel nuts 0
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 
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ChrisW
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| posted on 24/3/14 at 10:41 AM |
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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
My gaff my rules
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nick205
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| posted on 24/3/14 at 11:00 AM |
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That looks like hard work!
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adithorp
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| posted on 24/3/14 at 12:25 PM |
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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.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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nick205
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| posted on 24/3/14 at 01:05 PM |
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quote:
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.
Looked at doing that, but didn't have a suitably sized socket I wanted to beat about. It was also a good excuse to get the welder out
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 24/3/14 at 01:41 PM |
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Last time I tried the 12 point trick I just broke a socket.
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Matt21
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| posted on 24/3/14 at 03:19 PM |
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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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nick205
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| posted on 24/3/14 at 03:55 PM |
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quote:
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
All locking wheel bolts will be replaced with standard non-locking ones with a smear of anti-seize compound 
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02GF74
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| posted on 24/3/14 at 09:32 PM |
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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?
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nick205
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| posted on 25/3/14 at 11:11 PM |
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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.
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Marcus
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| posted on 26/3/14 at 07:06 PM |
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I've got those wheels on my Locost
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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ChrisW
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| posted on 28/3/14 at 01:05 AM |
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quote:
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
My cheapo grinder has never been the same since! 
(It's still going though, but has huge play in the bearings so I'm sure it hasn't got long left)
Chris
My gaff my rules
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