Locking Wheel Nut

LOL! - Whoops.

What should work, unless they're a particularly upmarket type of locking wheel nut, is just bashing a slightly undersized socket that you don't particularly care for, over each locking nut in turn, and replacing them with a new set, which should come with a key, which you'll now remember not to chuck away!!

Tyre places have a tool which is a socket with a left hand thread on the inside of it for getting these off. So have I. I bought the set after getting several callouts to this problem, and in accordance with Murphy's law, I haven't had a single one since. Apart from a test when I got them, they're still unused. Let me know if you have a BH postcode, I'd love to use them before I die :-))

Steve

Most tyre places keep special sockets to remove these, screwfix sell a set too.

mrcheerful

Any chance of a link?

HTH

mrcheerful

What's the point of locking wheel nuts if your average thief can just pick up a set easily and remove your nuts?

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

Paging Peter! You have a challenger!

That is true, however they are at least arguably effective against your less-than-average thief... ;-)

Mathew

Halfords sell a Laser locking wheel nut remover, which is basically a nut with a female LH thread to grip and remove the nut. Obviously you'll need 4 replacement nuts (locking or ordinary) afterwards.

The best ones have a spinning collar outside the nut itself.

the screwfix ones are laser brand too, about twenty quid for a set of four sizes.

mrcheerful

If anyone wants your wheels desperately enough they'll get them. Ditto the entire car.

The point of locking nuts is to confound the average opportunist low-life. Beyond that they are "going equipped", which I believe is a crime in itself.

A Nissan Dealer will have no problem removing the nuts, P

Thanks for all the replys, lucky I haven't had a puncture since buying the car.