Missing the spare tyre spanner on my Saxo

Toby ( snipped-for-privacy@asktoby.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Any decent car parts place - or even Halfrauds - will sell you a wheelbrace that's *infinitely* better than the crappy bit of bent wire that's provided as standard.

I totally agree. The `spanner` supplied is a piece of junk and is totally useless if any sort of force is needed to budge the nuts.

Jim

Cool. Are they standard across all cars? Do I just walk into halfords and say "sell me a wheelbrace!", and they'll know what I'm talking about?

The nut I need to loosen that is supporting the wheel under the car from inside the boot) is a little odd, I've never seen one like it before. It's cap is a chunky solid disk of metal with a notch through the middle much like a grossly overfed screw-head (non-philips).

I did wonder whether the other posters had missed that! No a Halfords wheelbrace is no good to you for dropping the spare down.

I think your best bet would be a scrap yard (if they still exist!).

Andrew

In that case, get yourself a wheelbrace while you are in for a 3/8 drive socket-set! A 3/8 ratchet with an extension bar is perfect for these.

Incidentally, Halfrauds' universal, extendable wheel-braces are excellent!

CAS

Toby ( snipped-for-privacy@asktoby.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Same as my XM. The bit that fits it is just spot welded onto the end of the (crappy) wheelbrace, and fell off the first time I tried to use it.

Just get the biggest, fattest, heaviest, bluntest screwdriver you can find. Oh, and grease the thread on the catch.