Help! Snapped Wheel Nut

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Pork

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9,453 posts

249 months

Tuesday 17th April 2012
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Hi,

I've managed to snap the locking wheel nut off on the MINI - the wheels haven't been off in a while!

As a result, I need to get the remaining lug removed and then get the thread tapped - does anyone have a recommendation of where to get this done? It is a job for a garage or an engineering firm, or would Kwik-Fit etc be able to sort it?

Any tips or recommnendations would be appreciated.

I'm near Luton if there's anyone local.

Cheers

the_ferret82

25,627 posts

199 months

Tuesday 17th April 2012
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Pork said:
Hi,

I've managed to snap the locking wheel nut off on the MINI - the wheels haven't been off in a while!

As a result, I need to get the remaining lug removed and then get the thread tapped - does anyone have a recommendation of where to get this done? It is a job for a garage or an engineering firm, or would Kwik-Fit etc be able to sort it?

Any tips or recommnendations would be appreciated.

I'm near Luton if there's anyone local.

Cheers
it would have to be done by a garage i would not trust kwit-fit even if they said they could do it..

Pork

Original Poster:

9,453 posts

249 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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Thanks for the reply. KF said they wouldnt try, and another local garage said he too wouldnt get invoved.

Took it to a place called PAN Autos in Harpenden and they sorted it for me for the princley sum of £50.