Wheel change FAIL.

1. user_41948 Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Wivenhoe, Essex Posts: 968 White MK2 VTR (Dead black/pink VTR)

   #1 21st June 2011, 14:37

   After putting my new alloys on and off about 3 times, and this is whats happened to the wheel nut wrench..
   
   
   
   Its basically straight! LOL. The head of it is all snaked and bent cause the bolts were stuck on pretty tight (im not the strongest of people ha!)
   
   It doesnt do the job anymore really, had to use a socket set wrench thingg.
   I would continue to use that anytime i do but its my dads so really i need a new wheelnut wrench.. Can i get these from anywhere?
2. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

   #2 21st June 2011, 14:41

   yea, halfords, ebay, etc. I used the same standard brace and snapped the handle in half and the broken half pierced my arm, nice scar now 2" long!
3. user_43180 Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 West Dorset Posts: 271 205 GRDT

   #3 21st June 2011, 14:44

   Mine just used to spin round, no use for anything except getting the spare wheel out really
4. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

   #4 21st June 2011, 14:50

   i think they made them out of bubblegum...cheap shit!
5. holdawayt Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2010 Stourbridge Posts: 7338 Nissan 200sx S14a

   #5 21st June 2011, 14:51

   Did you jump on it to free the nuts lol? Get a spider wrench from halfords - one of my favourite most useful tools. Always keep one in my car.
6. user_41948 Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Wivenhoe, Essex Posts: 968 White MK2 VTR (Dead black/pink VTR)

   #6 21st June 2011, 14:56

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by holdawayt Did you jump on it to free the nuts lol? Get a spider wrench from halfords - one of my favourite most useful tools. Always keep one in my car.

   Maybbeeeee *shifty eyes*
   
   Haa yeah i did, i cant undo them otherwise! Takes my whole body weight to get the bloody things to turn half a turn!
   
   Will halfords be reliable though? I know a lot of stuff is made cheaply nowadays and can bend easily etc :\
7. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

   #7 21st June 2011, 14:57

   yea itll be fine, most aftermarket stuffs better than the crap that comes out of citroen

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8. Vtr_Cam Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 neath port talbot Posts: 984 Wicked Red VTR mk2

   #8 21st June 2011, 15:13

   I snapped my clean off at the head 3 weeks ago. They were so tight when i was putting all my weight into it the wheels started to rol backwards even with handbrake on. So had to take the sledgehammer out and slide a metal pole over the brace to get more leverage.
9. user_51601 Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2011 Bridgend/South Wales Posts: 136 '52 Desire 1.1i Sport Red 1.6Vti 120 DS3

   #9 21st June 2011, 15:16

   Lol, they're so shit.. i deformed mine too. Just use a socket set now much better
10. smiith Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Sep 2007 Jail - Whitby Posts: 15034 520bhp Honda Jazz

    #10 21st June 2011, 15:20

    Rather get an X brace, they are good and strong..
    
    
    
    Or a proper breaker bar, which i prefer to use..
    
    
    
    Both can be got from halfords / motor factors for a decent price
11. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

    #11 21st June 2011, 15:30

    lol smiith i cud lick those arches there that clean!
12. user_41948 Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Wivenhoe, Essex Posts: 968 White MK2 VTR (Dead black/pink VTR)

    #12 21st June 2011, 15:32

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Vtr_Cam I snapped my clean off at the head 3 weeks ago. They were so tight when i was putting all my weight into it the wheels started to rol backwards even with handbrake on. So had to take the sledgehammer out and slide a metal pole over the brace to get more leverage.

    Oh wow. A sledgehammer?! Jeezeee!
    
    
    Hmm an X brace seems a good plan, as does the breaker bar.. How much they likely to set me back though?
    
    I have a socket set for the mo
13. user_51601 Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2011 Bridgend/South Wales Posts: 136 '52 Desire 1.1i Sport Red 1.6Vti 120 DS3

    #13 21st June 2011, 15:35

    i somehow managed to round off by x brace aha, fucking useless for my wheel nut size now!
14. Vtr_Cam Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 neath port talbot Posts: 984 Wicked Red VTR mk2

    #14 21st June 2011, 16:04

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by YourDreamGirl Oh wow. A sledgehammer?! Jeezeee! Hmm an X brace seems a good plan, as does the breaker bar.. How much they likely to set me back though? I have a socket set for the mo

    Yeah they were truly stuck on. I bought an x bar thing from motor factors for 4.50 then. And i had to force my locking wheel nuts off too, also a pain.
15. holdawayt Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2010 Stourbridge Posts: 7338 Nissan 200sx S14a

    #15 21st June 2011, 16:16

    Spider wrench is the same as an X brace - just my weird black country way of saying it And don't worry, I used to jump on mine too before I became a beastly man hunk with biceps the size of my thigh.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    i joke, i just got a breaker bar
16. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

    #16 21st June 2011, 16:32

    adoooooooo oldaway ow am ya, bostin i ope ar kid!
17. Quick Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2003 United Kingdom (England) Posts: 7064

    #17 21st June 2011, 16:34

    I've got an extending one, got it a while back, gives extra length & leverage!
18. holdawayt Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2010 Stourbridge Posts: 7338 Nissan 200sx S14a

    #18 21st June 2011, 16:46

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by VillicusVTR adoooooooo oldaway ow am ya, bostin i ope ar kid!

    AR COR BELEEV IT AR KID! nother black cuntray kidda! om saand as a paand mush ow bin ya?
    
    
    *await abuse from every other regional member on the site*
19. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

    #19 21st June 2011, 16:50

    haha bring it on - ill beat them with my black country soot, and stolen trolleys and homeless people.
20. Gumbo Frequent Poster Joined: Sep 2008 Basildon Posts: 795 Derv shed

    #20 21st June 2011, 16:56

    £6 out of tesco after i snapped mine and the wheel bolt. fun times
21. holdawayt Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2010 Stourbridge Posts: 7338 Nissan 200sx S14a

    #21 21st June 2011, 16:56

    I beeped my horn at some homeless people this morning on the hagley mile. Really tempted to throw food at them one day. They always have a trolley full of road kill though so I've actually felt hungry going past them recently. Lucky bastards
22. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

    #22 21st June 2011, 17:09

    YUK!!!
23. user_41948 Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Wivenhoe, Essex Posts: 968 White MK2 VTR (Dead black/pink VTR)

    #23 21st June 2011, 19:46

    I dont even know what regional mumbo jumbo that is..
24. holdawayt Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2010 Stourbridge Posts: 7338 Nissan 200sx S14a

    #24 21st June 2011, 20:02

    That would be black country (dudley, stourbridge, halesowen etc) perhaps if we said "reem" more than full stops you would understand

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25. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

    #25 21st June 2011, 20:21

    ooooooooooooooooooo nailed!!
26. user_40189 Established Member Joined: Dec 2009 Hampshire Posts: 2152 Furi0

    #26 21st June 2011, 20:22

    Mine was bent into a boomarang
27. user_41948 Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Wivenhoe, Essex Posts: 968 White MK2 VTR (Dead black/pink VTR)

    #27 21st June 2011, 20:28

    Hahahah i stand corrected! Yu iz bare peng ya get meh?
    
    LOL a boomerang shaped wrench would be cool..
28. Jamie12 L-plater Joined: Feb 2011 Oldbury Posts: 52 Citroen Saxo VTR

    #28 21st June 2011, 21:06

    bunch of yam yams
29. holdawayt Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2010 Stourbridge Posts: 7338 Nissan 200sx S14a

    #29 21st June 2011, 21:15

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Jamie12 bunch of yam yams

    *like*
30. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

    #30 21st June 2011, 21:54

    This is what you need http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wheel-Wrench-1...item2a0b9e939b
    
    
    Steve.
31. user_41948 Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Wivenhoe, Essex Posts: 968 White MK2 VTR (Dead black/pink VTR)

    #31 21st June 2011, 22:00

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by stevo67 This is what you need http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wheel-Wrench-1...item2a0b9e939b Steve.

    Thanks