Nightmare with pothole and stuck wheel

[sidekickdmr]

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!

[XG332]

Get an extractor set or drill the locking nut out.

[so called]

Ask the dealer to send his gorilla round.

[Wacky Racer]

You can't get better than a Kwik fit fitter

They're the boys to trust.............


Good luck with it.......

[Davie]

These...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Irwin-Bolt-Grip-Extractor-...

The locking nut shouldn't be on tight. I stress the word 'shouldn't' so they may do the trick.

[sidekickdmr]

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

[Davie]

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.

[MG CHRIS]

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.

[Huntsman]

Would the AA not have recovered the car to your dealer?

[jjones]

might help to put the other bolts on and wang them up nice and tight, then try the locking nut again

[Bisonhead]

Find someone in a yellow T5!

[sidekickdmr]

Anyone know of any companies that would do the "drilling" in the berks area?

[inman999]

Hammer and chisel worked on mine

Have also managed to hammer the next socket down on to get a good enough fit.

[sidekickdmr]

Will give the "hammer a socket on" approach a go

[rallycross]

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.

[sidekickdmr]

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

[EDLT]

Davie said:

These...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Irwin-Bolt-Grip-Extractor-...

The locking nut shouldn't be on tight. I stress the word 'shouldn't' so they may do the trick.

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.

[kambites]

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?

[Stoatman]

I had this problem recently , I could not get enough force to actually smash on a new socket. i thought this would be easy . I had to take it to a garage who drilled one of them out. i just left and prayed the recently refurbished alloy would survive unscathed (it did thankfully)

[kambites]

Personally, I'd be complaining to the garage that put the wheels on too - wheel nuts have specified torque settings for a reason.