simmo1
28th December 2017, 02:52 PM
Hi folks.
I had my 2014 RRS L494 serviced in November by a reputable Melbourne dealer. Wheels off etc. Then just before Xmas I went to a tyre place to have a slow leak checked. Guess what, the security wheel nut adapter was not in it’s spot, not to be found in the car. I’ll just get another one methinks, which one out of 25 possible choices. Living 3 hrs from the dealer meant that it was not an easy job to simply just drop in and try and find the correct adapter.
So the fall back is to order 4 new standard wheel nuts and have a machine shop remove the locking ones. Got the nuts in the post quickly enough. But getting the locking nuts off was what you could call a real pain in the backside. After an attempt at drilling and then welding a nut onto the head we finally got them all off. A very difficult and time consuming job and with some accompanying rash on the wheels. Not that happy Jan. If you were travelling somewhere and you have this problem then the only solution may well be to put the car on a tilt tray and go find a decent welder. Often not the most practical thing to achieve.
So my advice here is that if you have these security nuts take them off and piff them before it becomes an issue. Or obtain one or two spare adapters and hide them in the car somewhere.
As I said, a thorough pain in the a...e
Simmo
I had my 2014 RRS L494 serviced in November by a reputable Melbourne dealer. Wheels off etc. Then just before Xmas I went to a tyre place to have a slow leak checked. Guess what, the security wheel nut adapter was not in it’s spot, not to be found in the car. I’ll just get another one methinks, which one out of 25 possible choices. Living 3 hrs from the dealer meant that it was not an easy job to simply just drop in and try and find the correct adapter.
So the fall back is to order 4 new standard wheel nuts and have a machine shop remove the locking ones. Got the nuts in the post quickly enough. But getting the locking nuts off was what you could call a real pain in the backside. After an attempt at drilling and then welding a nut onto the head we finally got them all off. A very difficult and time consuming job and with some accompanying rash on the wheels. Not that happy Jan. If you were travelling somewhere and you have this problem then the only solution may well be to put the car on a tilt tray and go find a decent welder. Often not the most practical thing to achieve.
So my advice here is that if you have these security nuts take them off and piff them before it becomes an issue. Or obtain one or two spare adapters and hide them in the car somewhere.
As I said, a thorough pain in the a...e
Simmo