Broken wheel nut

[CrammyJay]

Whilst trying to undo my wheel nuts which weren't budging. The locking wheel nut has come apart. Is there a solution to this or is it a garage job?

[Prof Prolapse]

I had my locking nuts destroyed by a clumsy mechanic. There's a fair few ways to get them off, but most really are likely to damage the alloy in the process.

I took mine to a friendly local ford dealership. They have a "special" tool, they used. They did it in about 30 minutes and charged me about £30 (although I suspect that was discounted).

Honestly, I do most things myself, but I would just take it somewhere with the correct tools and save the stress.

[HustleRussell]

As above, there are things you can try but unless you're good you're better off letting somebody who deals with this stuff day in day out do it. I'd say take it to an independent tyre fitter.

[Order66]

Kwik-Fit have a fixed price for this - they have the special tools, and if they can't get it off they won't charge you.

Saying that, depending if it is one of the "collared" type of nuts they might not be able to get it off. This was my situation with a mcgard nut, no garage could get it off. I eventually found a video on youtube explaining how to get it off, but was a long job with a dremmel and special bits to remove the collar first. If you have 4 wheels like this it might be a long job.

[Pica-Pica]

I would leave it to someone who knows the difference between a wheel bolt and a wheel nut.

[GreenV8S]

You need to defeat the locking wheel bolt. They're designed not to be easy to defeat. Any decent garage will have the tools and knowledge to do this safely, easily and therefore cheaply. Unless you're determined to do this yourself and willing to take the risk, you would be better off getting some replacement wheel bolts and have your favorite local garage replace them for you.