Car locking wheel nuts - without appropriate tool.

[G]

Right, I really need to swap the wheels over on my car, but I stupidly put the tool that came with the locking nuts down in my garage somewhere.

I've seen that screwfix sell generic removal tools for them, does anyone know if these can be used to do them back up again?

The nut is a type that has a round mid section with three circular holes around the edge cut out where the tool gets purchase.

[cagiva gezzer]

Hammer on a socket thats slightly too small. Imperial sizes are good for this.

Only works for ones without a spinning outer.

The "tools" have a reverse thread sort of thingy that bite and pull the tool onto the nut. Not worth the money until you've tried the hammered sockets option.
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[Drew]

if its the type (dont know from your description) that has 3 or 4 slots in the wheel nut, and the remover tool as 3 or 4 prongs that go into the slots?

If so, what i did was get an old socket the same diameter as the slot diameter, and then ground down the socket so it then had 4 prongs, just like the removal tool

[G]

Ta,
They haven't got spinning outers and hopefully shouldn't be done up too ridiculously tightly, so just hammering on a socket may well work.

[thegubner]

dont know what car it is, but when i used to work at a bmw breakers we just bashed a large star drive socket into it with a lump hamer and the undid it with a strong arm

[NSR Mick]

You could try a Gator.

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[G]

- very good point and one I should have though of as I do have one around somewhere, though think it may be a bit too small.

[RI_HA]

Do you have a local car scrap yard?

When I had this problem I just went down an asked them if that had any matching the description, they provided one and I handed it back in the next day.

[R4nger]

Get a chisel and a hammer. Put the chisel on the edge on the wheel nut and bang it round to undo it. Apparently those emergency locking wheel nut removal tools are not as good as the catalogue says.

[Jamie S]

NOTE: You dont want to use an ordinary chisel, if you use one , use a cold chisel , just in case you got confused with the ones for wood

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