AAAAAHHHHHH LOCKING WHEEL NUTS

[rixy 0]

Just noticed i got locking wheel nuts on me new raddo, and i didnt get a key to get em off? How am i gonna get em off to change the wheels etc? Can any tire place do it for a fee maybe?

[Blue_Joe 0]

What type of locking nuts are they? You can often get a master key or alternatively depending on the type of nut you might be able to hammer a slightly smaller impact socket on to them!

[ben16v 0]

put a pic up mate (if your gonna get rid sharpish) that`ll get a few suggestions

[KADVR6 0]

i used a small screwdriver, tapped it into the locking bolt and just kept on tapping it round until it came out. :wink:

[.Rich. 0]

i also have this problem so would be interested in the answer, just been hoping that i dont get a flat else im fekced :E

[Phil K 0]

Can't you contact the last owner to see if they still have the key?

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Are they the OE fit trilocks? Try the dealer, they might have, or can get a key.

 

Hammering a socket over trilocks is tricky as they have a hardened steel outer ring, but you can try it.

 

I had the same problem with mine, but one of them rounded off and it had to be drilled out.....which destroyed one drill and 3 bits in the process.

 

Good luck!

[bristolbaron 11]

if you take it to a wheel specialist you shouldnt have a problem with most types. i know the new mc gard ones are tricky though.

[BigTartanJudge 0]

You can buy tools at most good motor factors or Halfords or DIY stores that have a head full of many spring-loaded metal pins that automatically form around the shape of the head of the bolt you need to remove and then you just use a wheelbrace on the tool to remove the bolt.

 

Hope this helps and good luck

[h100vw 0]

Are they the OE fit trilocks? Try the dealer, they might have, or can get a key.

 

Hammering a socket over trilocks is tricky as they have a hardened steel outer ring, but you can try it.

 

Good luck!

 

I got 4 of these out in ten minutes. PM me if you want to know how. That 'hardened steel' ring ain't that hard IMO. :wink:

 

Gavin

[edd 0]

take a trip down the local scrappy chuck one of the chaps there a fiver and give him ten minutes - works every time. Just remember to take a new sets of locking nuts with you.

[Walesy 0]

i know the new mc gard ones are tricky though.

 

my mate lost his years ago and we had to take a digital pic (( luckily my dad had a digi-cam when they were first out ! )) of the bolt and send it to a place in germany, they then sent him a new one....i cant remember how much it cost him..but it wasnt too expensive.

[blackcat 0]

What is the point of locking wheel nuts when they are so easy to get off without the key? :?

[dazzyvr6 0]

What is the point of locking wheel nuts when they are so easy to get off without the key? :?

 

because it takes time to take them off and in most cases you need to make a lot of noise i.e big hammer

[rixy 0]

been to see me mate at a vw garage, and they ar only the standard tri locks anyway, so no prblems there, worrying about nothing again, ha ha, cheers anyway!