Hi chaps, i've lost my locking wheel nut removal tool, if i get the garage to remove them for me, is it safe to run the car about on 3 nuts in each wheel while i wait for my new set to arrive?
the car is booked into the garage on monday for an MOT and some other work so thought it would save another trip. the nuts will be here by the end of next week.
ive been doing this for months... the screw thread for one of my rear bolts is buggered so i cant screw in a bolt without gettin a new hub... which i cant be bothered to do at the moment cuase i work all the time ..
Hi,
I think littleyellowcar is right, your insurance company would walk away with a big smile if you had a bump.
Why not buy some standard wheel bolts from fiat or go to the local breakers and find some, buy two, stick two in your pocket sort of thing......would be better theft detterant than no bolt, they would only have to undo three bolts before running off with your wheel otherwise...
I personnely would go with the scrappie idea as a couple of quid max aint gonna hurt no one but if your cought on a routine stop check and the old bill check ur tyres and happen to notice the bolts missing can't imagine they will be to impressed plus the safety side aswell is it really worth the risk?
I am sure 4 wheels with 1 missing over time is a bad idea...the possible movement with mileage could cause them to come lose much more easily.
My dad did it on his Scenic when a garage cross threaded one nut, he drove down with 3/4 left (i think there are 5 but just incase I will say it was possible 3) on one of the wheels 1.5 miles to the garage to get them to sort it out, he tightened them very tightly of course. I think it's a bad idea for lots of reasons to do it as you say.
why not put the spare wheel on?? that has its own bolts and you can use the 3 left from the wheel you take off to secure the other 3 wheels properly (that is presuming you have a sporting)
spare has its own bolts??? mine doesnt, the standard alloy bolts fit just fine. Unfortunately i'd thrown out the standard bolts as my new loys have different ones, but realised that the new bolts dont fit the spare when i had a puncture day b4 yesterday. woopsie. lesson learned - never throw anything away, ever, no matter how useless it seems.
LYC, you've got new wheels though now which use their own bolts, spare wheel in sportings including Sei's uses the bolts from the wheel which you'd remove.
liam, my spare has its own bolts that are shorter than the ones used on the alloys - i was told by fiat these were for the spare due to the difference in wheel "thickness"