broken BMW locking wheel nut

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Is the trouble that you can't get it off? If so, try hammering a cheap socket over it, then undoing as usual.

aye what skipweasel suggested, I find a multi-hex socket does the job better. if its an ally wheel and the locking nut is recessed use an extension bar on the socket saves beating yer wheel to pieces when you miss !

Hammer on a smaller socket, use a locking wheel nut removal tool (socket with a inner left hand thread), hammer and centre punch. I'd try all sorts of things before resorting to drilling.

John

other 3 NP. It's the bolt that has been mangled, not the socket.

Same happened here.

I got a replacement locking wheel nut key from the dealer (£10), used that to remove all 4 locking nuts, the last one ended up destroyed - that was the one that broke the locking key in the first place (due to dealer overtightning the nuts).

Then went to Halfrauds and got a new set of locking nuts for £30.

What others have suggested works, but how will you get the other 3 off????????? Unless you have plenty of correctly sized sockets :-/

If the usual "hammer an old socket on" trick doesn't work then get an old hex nut of about 3/4" or similar size and mig weld it through the centre hole to the top of the broken locking nut. Then just undo with a normal socket. That, and many other tricks for dealing with stubborn or broken fasteners are on one of the pages of my website.

-- Dave Baker

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My mechanic recently bought a special socket kit to do this (cost over £100 IIRC), that you bang on, worked on my mates volvo. No good for ford locking nuts though, as they have a case around the nut that just spins, not sure what you'res are like so it might or might not work. He's based in manchester if you're interesting in him doing the deed.

tenner to your local tyre fitters normally works.