Safety Wheel Nut - help needed

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timmotchell

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• Yesterday at 13:20

• #1

Hi there, does anyone recognise this nut - and know where I could buy a socket to unlock it please?
Thanks,
Tom

 

Phill

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• Yesterday at 14:10

• #2

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miktdish

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• Yesterday at 14:45

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I think I would get a grinder to it and get 2 flat sides, attack it with some heat, give it a good clout (or two) with a lump hammer and take it off with a big pair of stillsons.
Then throw it in the bin ....

 

marjon

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• Yesterday at 15:39

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There is a master pattern for key codes on the net somewhere (on here too somewhere as I had a discussion about it at some point) but that was for alloys IIRC. they look like steel wheels. Thing is these days stealing wheels is long gone it seems, they take the whole car now.
So I would have to agree with @miktdish
Get rough with them and bin them.

J

 

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lynall

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• Yesterday at 16:11

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You can get locking wheel nut removal sockets.
Binned my locking nuts on the D3 years ago, thinking if they want them then they can risk their skin.

 

dag019

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• Yesterday at 16:43

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^^ Universal key for locking wheel nuts on steels. Although I still have them on mine I found this out when I left the key at home and needed to change a wheel. Different story on alloys where the wheel nuts are recessed

 

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timmotchell

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• Yesterday at 17:54

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miktdish said:

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I think I would get a grinder to it and get 2 flat sides, attack it with some heat, give it a good clout (or two) with a lump hammer and take it off with a big pair of stillsons.
Then throw it in the bin ....

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Thanks guys. I’ll give that a try….