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Locking wheel nuts ..and no `key`...no problem!Views : 37116 Replies : 27Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Sep 9th, 2016, 22:52 | #21 | |
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Dec 12th, 2018, 10:54 | #22 |
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Can't get McGard Nuts off
I am looking for some advice on removing McGard locking nuts. At some stage they have been put on so tight that I cannot get them off. I have the key but has pretty much rounded in my efforts to get the things off.
I have heard that there are some tools on the market that will help. any recomendations? My last option is to have them drilled, not sure I want to take this on myself so would probably be costly . Any recomendations or advice is welcome. Thanks
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Mar 15th, 2019, 12:41 | #23 |
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Hi. have a C70 cabrio. Wheel nut key just spins on the head of the nut. Do you recall the manufacturer of the product you bought or where you bought it from?
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Mar 15th, 2019, 15:55 | #24 |
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McGard have often been able to provide a new wheel nut removal tool if a photo of your existing locking WHEEL NUT on the car is emailed to them .
Worth a try. Once off, throw them away and replace with a standard wheel bolt as the Mc Gard's are absolutely dreadful . Don't sell them on as you are only inflicting the misery on an unsuspecting buyer. If you do a search on here you will find many many threads all with the same issue. As for drilling it took me three hours to get one off so I do understand. Imagine this happening when you have a puncture on a rainy night a couple of hundred miles away Lastly, when did you hear of Alloy wheels being stolen? It's a craze that has long since past.
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Mar 15th, 2019, 18:45 | #25 |
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Oddly, about a year ago I did hear of a pensioner in Norfolk who had the wheels nicked off of his Kia CEE'D. Why??? is a totally different question
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I'll take my chances without the McCraps Dave. I always thought that locking wheel nuts were to prevent someone without the key removing the wheels. These SH!T things, with monotonous regularity do the same to the owner .
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Mar 18th, 2019, 12:58 | #27 |
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Do scums still steal wheels nowadays?
Genuine question. edit oops - someone's already asked this same question |
Mar 18th, 2019, 13:10 | #28 |
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Probably for the tyres. And if carefully you put your old wheels back on then the bald tyres might not be noticed for months...
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