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Lock nut issues...

Postby ADIKTD » Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:56 pm

Hey there, Well I recently bought a car and it had one locknut in each wheel... as is expected with rims and all... but I have a problem... the key suppled has been well worn down and is practically round - how do I go about getting the locknuts off so I can get new tyres? Do tyre shops have keys? What a pain!

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Postby Jdawg » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:10 pm

Take it to a tyre shop, they just wack on a socket on the rattle gun and off it comes
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Postby soopachargen » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:21 pm

if its an internal spline and its worn down it can be a major pain in the arse... i spent 2 hours with a cold chisel taking a set of them off the other day. the 4th one wouldnt come off and we ended up welding a nut onto the locknut
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Postby ADIKTD » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:34 pm

That sounds nasty! It was external - Thankfully...Mag and turbo took them off for me - for free! - Stoked!
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