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sidekickdmr
Original Poster
1,811 posts
75 months
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Ok so tonight on the way home I hit a huge pothole in the road, within seconds the tyre was completely flat. (dont you worry, a strongly worded email and repair bill is going to be sent)
I managed to limp it home, so its now on the driveway but when I tried to change to the spare the bolts were on SSSOOOO tight (dealership were the last ones to have wheels off) that the bar just bent.
Called the AA out and he managed to get all of the bolts out but the locking wheel nut key was rounded (again must have been the dealership) so he had no luck either.
So I cant take the car anywhere, cant put the spare on, and cant get the locking wheelnut out.
What next? im stumped!
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XG332
3,766 posts
57 months
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Get an extractor set or drill the locking nut out.
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so called
3,505 posts
78 months
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Ask the dealer to send his gorilla round.
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Wacky Racer
20,283 posts
116 months
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You can't get better than a Kwik fit fitter
They're the boys to trust.............
Good luck with it.......
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Davie
843 posts
84 months
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sidekickdmr
Original Poster
1,811 posts
75 months
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If im honest i dont have the time to be "ordering" things from online and waiting for delivery, i need the car to get to work tomorrow/Bournemouth on saturday, back on sunday and work all of next week  Even when they do turn up im so cackhanded with this stuff ill probably make it worse
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Davie
843 posts
84 months
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Local garage/dealer may have something similar? Failing that, get out with a socket that is frationally smaller than the diameter of the rounded lock nut, arm yourself a suitably sized hammer and batter the socket on and hope it's tight enough to grip the lock nut and take it off. If however the lock nut's been overtightened with an airgun, that may not work. Get the drill out.
Failing that, call a man who can.
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MG CHRIS
2,690 posts
36 months
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We have a tool in work with a coil at the end that heats up, it can fit over the locking wheel nut heats it up then with it being hot knock it off with a punch and a hammer does a good job saves a lot of time. Best bet is to get someone with that sort of equipment to come out as locking wheel nuts have a habbit of being an absoult  to get off.
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Huntsman
3,599 posts
119 months
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Would the AA not have recovered the car to your dealer?
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jjones
1,521 posts
62 months
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might help to put the other bolts on and wang them up nice and tight, then try the locking nut again
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Bisonhead
759 posts
58 months
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Find someone in a yellow T5! 
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sidekickdmr
Original Poster
1,811 posts
75 months
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Anyone know of any companies that would do the "drilling" in the berks area?
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inman999
910 posts
42 months
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Hammer and chisel worked on mine
Have also managed to hammer the next socket down on to get a good enough fit.
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sidekickdmr
Original Poster
1,811 posts
75 months
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Will give the "hammer a socket on" approach a go
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doogz
18,704 posts
56 months
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Try a single hex socket, an impact one if you have it. It'll give you better purchase on the bolt/nut.
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rallycross
4,662 posts
106 months
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sidekickdmr said: Will give the "hammer a socket on" approach a go this is the easy way, only costs you the price of a socket. You might need to use an extension to get the leverage you need to losen it off.
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sidekickdmr
Original Poster
1,811 posts
75 months
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rallycross said: this is the easy way, only costs you the price of a socket. You might need to use an extension to get the leverage you need to losen it off. Any idea what socket size I would need? Il pop to DIY shop today but car is at home
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EDLT
14,580 posts
75 months
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Davie said: Machine Mart sell these, if there is one in your area. Some locking nuts have collars on to stop you hammering a socket over them, you can't chisel them off either (I tried!), the only solution is a MIG and someone who knows what they are doing.
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kambites
32,864 posts
90 months
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If the wheel nut is still in good condition and it's just the key that's rounded off, you could just buy a new key?
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doogz
18,704 posts
56 months
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EDLT said: Machine Mart sell these, if there is one in your area.
Some locking nuts have collars on to stop you hammering a socket over them, you can't chisel them off either (I tried!), the only solution is a MIG and someone who knows what they are doing. Depends on the locking nuts. I've chiseled the collars off a set on a Shogun before, then removed the nut with a 3/4" single hex impact socket, a breaker bar, and a big hammer.
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