Locking Wheel Nut Key
Discussion
Does anyone know where to get hold of a new locking wheel nut key. The end of mine has snapped, fortunately as i put the last wheel back on.
It has the number 99A on the side. Is that a TVR code or does anyone else have suggestions as to where i may be able to source a replacement.
Thanks in advance.
It has the number 99A on the side. Is that a TVR code or does anyone else have suggestions as to where i may be able to source a replacement.
Thanks in advance.
You'll be struggling to find a replacement key, I think - the point of having locking wheel nuts is that duplicate keys are hard to source!
As has been suggested, buying new locknuts (for a Ford Sierra) is probably the best bet.
Getting the old locknuts off is the difficult bit. Can you get somebody to weld your old key back together temporarily? Or find an engineering shop to make one from a piece of tube and some dowel? As a last resort you would have to try to turn each nut with a hammer and chisel, rotating it (not trying to shear it off) but there's a real danger of wheel damage then.
As has been suggested, buying new locknuts (for a Ford Sierra) is probably the best bet.
Getting the old locknuts off is the difficult bit. Can you get somebody to weld your old key back together temporarily? Or find an engineering shop to make one from a piece of tube and some dowel? As a last resort you would have to try to turn each nut with a hammer and chisel, rotating it (not trying to shear it off) but there's a real danger of wheel damage then.
Mike Hale - Thanks for the advice. Astrali have been taken over by a company called Trilogy. However they still have access to the Astrali range and were able to provide a perfect match for £7.50.
If anyone else needs it their wewbsite is www.astrali.co.uk
If anyone else needs it their wewbsite is www.astrali.co.uk
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