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Originally Posted by Tannaton
The wheel brace on my wife's V50 started to fail in the same way as the OP's. What doesn't help is the wheel nuts seem to have a sleeve over them which distorts if you don't get the wheel brace on square - i.e. have to apply force by standing on it or using the jack. This is FoMoCo cost cutting - it's cheaper to put a stainless steel sleeve on than chrome the bolts.
Anyhow the point is we now have a full size 1/2 drive breaker bar in the car with a 19mm impact socket (flat sides) cost about £22 for both on e-bay. This should mean my wife would be able to change the wheel - regardless of torque on the nuts - without having to resort to any tricks that might chew the heads up.
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I had this on my daughters Galaxy. When the sleeve is remove my 19mm socket was too small and the 21mm too large. Had to buy a 20mm socket which is a great fit.