locking wheelnuts

[Anonymous]

fcuk fcuk fcuk....lol
gone to check brakes and no key for wheels!!!anything i can do??
cant locate key anywhere and am fcuked.
cant garages just crack them off and i replace them with new ones??

help

 

[Cynic-al]

generally you just drill into them and wind them out with a tool.

You could do it yourself but you need a good drill, you need to get down the middle else you risk damaging the thread on the hub.

A garage will do it but it will take them a while and at £25+ per hour it could cost you a bit.

 

[Anonymous]

i know friends have had theres removed,but didnt involve drilling them out??? but they live on other side of country

 

[Anonymous]

Which type are they?

I managed to get mine off by smacking a snap on socket over them, then undoing them.

Daz

 

[Anonymous]

3 of them are slightly bigger and 1 is smaller..looks like they have attempted to remove that wheel before(looks like a 17mm socket,but i aint got that one..lol)

 

[Anonymous]

You may be better of going to your local tyre fitters and asking them then.

By the time you fork out for a decent socket, you won't save much money and there is no guarantee that you can get them off...

Daz

 

[Anonymous]

trie about 6 garages and they say no but i have come across this on ebay...you think this would work?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72257&item=7953023393&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

 

[Anonymous]

They should work, but didn't you say yours were 17mm?

Daz

 

[Anonymous]

lol..yeah one of the bolts on the front wheel is...but that looks like a normal nut. the other wheels though are of a larger size than the standard bolts

 

[Anonymous]

not really sure what size the standard bolts are?? dont suppose you know by chance. on 1.8 hlx-standard fitted alloys

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry no...i had alloys on the car when i bought it...

Daz

 

[Anonymous]

local garage have offered to remove em for £15 , i say thats a bargain, cheers for all the response just have to sort this dodgy handbrake light out now

 

[Ash]

find a socket that is slightly to small bash it over the locking nut with a hammer then turn simple

 

[Anonymous]

rather just pay some else to do dirty work i know this is off topic, but this is my thread anyways...lol
can anyone tell me which light comes on when the pads/shoes need replacing. 1.8hlx mk 2. cheers

 

[Tom]

Pads only, no detector on the shoes.

ITs the light that looks like the handbrake one but isn't the handbrake one.

 

[Anonymous]

lol..now u lost me mate.. i can only see 1 light that looks like handbrake one..lol
and thats the handrbrake one..lol
can you elaborate where it is mate.(looking very worried now)lol