Locking wheel nuts & handbrake

[rusgb]

The car is in the garage with the centre / handbrake covers removed to repair the handbrake. They need to get the rear wheels off (apparently) to get to the handbrake cable. But some muppet has forgotten to put the locking wheel nut back in the boot!!! Any ideas on where I can get a new key? Do the wheels have to come off to get to the cable?

[rusgb]

Learnt a £300 lesson yesterday. When something goes wrong, no matter how simple you think it should be it isn't! Took the local garage all day to fix the handbrake (and it still feels tight) at a grand old cost of £300!!!

No sign of the locking wheel nut either, doh!!!

[m4ckg]

machine mart sell a locking nut remover for £12, that should work then buy some new ones, ford mondeo so I'm told

[SILICONE KID]

rusgb said:

Learnt a £300 lesson yesterday. When something goes wrong, no matter how simple you think it should be it isn't! Took the local garage all day to fix the handbrake (and it still feels tight) at a grand old cost of £300!!!

No sign of the locking wheel nut either, doh!!!

£300They had your pants down! Quinny would of done it for £200..

[miniman]

If a garage doesn't have the ability to remove locking nuts without the key, they're not much of a garage IMHO.

[andy-w]

rusgb said:

Took the local garage all day to fix the handbrake (and it still feels tight) at a grand old cost of £300!!!

£25 for the cable....£275 for the labour... how much is it going to cost for something serious...