Locking Wheel Nuts
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I know this subject has been done before so don't flame me. Just thought I'd share something with you all.
My Volvo is fitted with McGard locking nuts with a spinning collar. Having been caught out before with these things I decided to remove them and swap them with normal nuts, and duly got shafted again. The male part of the socket sheared off.
After trying a couple of things, I took the car to my local garage. They only had a locking nut removal set which would remove nuts without a spinning collar. They suggested ordering another socket from McGard which may take a week and cost 20 euro. I wasn't keen on having another socket shear and being stuck again.
After reading here I found out about http://www.dynomec.co.uk/. I contacted them and spoke to Rachel who was very helpful and told me of four garages within a few miles of me that had their kit. Three were main dealers who wanted a hundred quid. The other was a small garage in a village nearby.
I popped past and told the only mechanic my problem. Five minutes later after using the dynomec kit I was on the road again, minus £10 from my wallet and with no damage to the car. A happy chappy.
The reason, I posted is having trawled the web last night I read all sorts of stories about using a hammer to ram on sockets and welding bits here, drilling with cobalt bits and even people going as far as cutting wheels off. No need. Hopefully this will save someone the hassle of doing the above and save them a few quid too.
My Volvo is fitted with McGard locking nuts with a spinning collar. Having been caught out before with these things I decided to remove them and swap them with normal nuts, and duly got shafted again. The male part of the socket sheared off.
After trying a couple of things, I took the car to my local garage. They only had a locking nut removal set which would remove nuts without a spinning collar. They suggested ordering another socket from McGard which may take a week and cost 20 euro. I wasn't keen on having another socket shear and being stuck again.
After reading here I found out about http://www.dynomec.co.uk/. I contacted them and spoke to Rachel who was very helpful and told me of four garages within a few miles of me that had their kit. Three were main dealers who wanted a hundred quid. The other was a small garage in a village nearby.
I popped past and told the only mechanic my problem. Five minutes later after using the dynomec kit I was on the road again, minus £10 from my wallet and with no damage to the car. A happy chappy.
The reason, I posted is having trawled the web last night I read all sorts of stories about using a hammer to ram on sockets and welding bits here, drilling with cobalt bits and even people going as far as cutting wheels off. No need. Hopefully this will save someone the hassle of doing the above and save them a few quid too.
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