removing locking wheel nuts -no socket

  1. Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 west mids (dudley) Posts: 1201 cammed 106 flatty
    #1
    bit of a problem, i have 4 locking wheel nuts on each wheel, and when i brought the car i forgot to ask for the locking nut socket. anyway doesnt seem like the seller has the socket so how am i going to get them off? id rather a garage do it but my vts alloys are fresh'ly powdercoated and dont want them marked.
  2. L-plater Joined: May 2012 Devon Posts: 66 Saxo Mk1 1.4 westcoast Mitsubishi l200 Subaru i
    #2
    take it to a garage they will prop weld something onto the bolt and take it off that way
  3. Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2012 Oxfordshire Posts: 192 Mk1 Saxo VTR
    #3
    Or if you're looking for a quick job, get a socket wrench big enough to sit around it (It's got to be a tight fit, we had to mallet ours on to the wheels but afraid I can't remember the size) and use that to get them off.
    Might mark your alloys but we did that for all 4 wheels, took under 10 minutes and didn't have to pay a mechanic.
  4. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #4
    If you know the manufacturer of the locking wheel nuts then send them a picture of 1 & they`ll send you(for a small fee)the correct removal socket mate.
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo
    #5
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by stevosaxo1 View Post
    take it to a garage they will prop weld something onto the bolt and take it off that way
    vts wheels have deep holes which the botls sit in, when i lsot my key garages said thats what they would do but if you tried it on a vts wheel it would just arc out on the wheel its self

    i had loads of issues getting mine removed in oxford i went home for the summer and a little garage near me did it within minutes jsut drilled them out, the garages in oxford wouldnt dare drill it, and the botls were on too tight so the locking wheel nut remover sockets they had kept slipping off
  6. L-plater Joined: Oct 2011 Liverpool Posts: 87 182 cup - 1.1 clio - saxo VTR - Aprilia
    #6
    Your local part warn tire dealer will have removal tools,. Charge about 2.50 a wheel
  7. Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 west mids (dudley) Posts: 1201 cammed 106 flatty
    #7
    awesome thanks everyone - looks like my only way really is to pay a mechanic to get them off. lets see who will do it round my area ;/
  8. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Nov 2006 The Lang Toun Posts: 4133 Mk2 Clio V6 #007 of 354
    #8
    These work a treat and no welding required... these can be bought in store, they have a left handed thread so you tighten these to the left. So as they tighten onto the locking bolts, they bite and loosen them.

    Problem solved