locking wheel nuts trouble

1. Woods Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 246

   #1 1st September 2011, 23:17

   oops..
   
   
   How do i go about getting these undone?!
   
   Key and nuts are both bent/rounded if you can't see.
2. Simon0014 Established Member Joined: Aug 2010 Chippenham/Bristol Posts: 1892 1962 Austin Mini, BMW 330ci

   #2 1st September 2011, 23:23

   You could try hammering the locking wheel nut onto the the bolt then try and undo it...or hammer a chisel into the locking nut at an angle. Make sure you hammer it anticlockwise to losen the thread. Then go out and buy a new set of lockers
3. danny-vts Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2010 Chesterfield/Nottingham Posts: 7147 dead vts. twisted 106 gti. '03' vtrrrr

   #3 2nd September 2011, 01:25

   id say hammer and chisel
4. DreamEater Established Member Joined: Jun 2011 Hertfordshire Posts: 1574 '07 Saab 93 Vector Sport - '79 Citroën Dyane

   #4 2nd September 2011, 01:50

   Cut a slot in to the bolt and use an impact gun to un-do?
   
   Drill the centre out?
   
   Smack/Weld a nut on to the top and un-do?
5. tomnelson Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2010 coalville Posts: 711 project flat arch

   #5 2nd September 2011, 16:13

   had this job millions of times at work. get a cheap multipoint socket that doesnt quite fit, hammer the f**ker on should come straight off it not u can get a reverse thread wheel nut remover socket halfords sell them sometimes its not a big job
6. Woods Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 246

   #6 3rd September 2011, 16:37

   Socket hammering didn't go so well! :
   
   
   
   Should point out this is on an Escort (unfortunately), with the threads coming out of the hub and wheels held on with nuts..
   
   
   
   Any other ideas?! Cheers
7. Bedford126 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH

   #7 3rd September 2011, 16:41

   Only one way to get those sort of lockers off there the shit old ford ones. You need to weld a nut onto the top and let it cool and undo using that. Any garage will do it for you for about a tenner
8. toxic Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 772

   #8 3rd September 2011, 20:22

   I had the same problem and what my friend did is get a scissor jack with the locking nut on and put the car next to a wall and jack it against the wall so the locking nut won’t slip off, then got some mole grips clamp it then turned the wheel nut off.
9. deks36 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2008 Herne Bay. Kent Posts: 3881 Peugeot 307, Nissan Juke, 206 Grand tourisme

   #9 3rd September 2011, 20:52

   tighten the other 3 up as much as you can then use a hammer and chisel preferably a pointed chisel into one of the holes and knock it off
10. thenice Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Enfield north London Posts: 473 Corsa 1.7 diesel

    #10 4th September 2011, 14:46

    Get a local tyre shop to do it.....my one done one for me for a fiver!
11. user_39156 Infrequent Poster Joined: Nov 2009 Weston super Mare Posts: 189

    #11 4th September 2011, 14:50

    Welding idea is what i would do personally. Hammer and chissel could end in tears..
12. thenice Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Enfield north London Posts: 473 Corsa 1.7 diesel

    #12 4th September 2011, 14:51

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by quikydan Welding idea is what i would do personally. Hammer and chissel could end in tears..

    Quite agree with not using the brute force idea!
13. user_18250 Established Member Joined: Sep 2007 Swadlincote Posts: 1185 2003 Black VTR

    #13 4th September 2011, 14:53

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by toxic I had the same problem and what my friend did is get a scissor jack with the locking nut on and put the car next to a wall and jack it against the wall so the locking nut won’t slip off, then got some mole grips clamp it then turned the wheel nut off.

    lol that's impressive to be fair, picturing how you did that and couldn't of been easy.
14. Woods Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 246

    #14 7th September 2011, 09:43

    If anyone interested in outcome..
    
    Mechanic spent an hour trying to weld a nut onto them, which didn't work very well as there was nothing much to weld on to.
    
    Then he got pissed off with it and went back to chisel and hammer and managed to get them off in 5 min with no wheel damage at all!
    
    Pain in the arse apparently, all types of them!
15. user_46658 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2010 Little Mill, South Wales Posts: 7547 Mondeo ST TDCI Saxo VTS

    #15 7th September 2011, 09:47

    Lucky bastard mine had to be oxycetelyn torched off