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Stepho_62
26th August 2006, 10:40 PM
Ok, hers your opportunity to take the **** outta me. I must have had a blonde moment.

I posted a request in Technical Chatter about lock nuts and up2nogood (http://www.aulro.com/afvb/member.php?u=9250) pointed me to Graeme Cooper Automotive website. I searched said website and found a set of L/nuts for 175 bucks. :o I rang GCA and order them over the phone, pais by C/card and lo n behold they turned up in my post box here in Tassie the day after.:D

I opened the package and was presented with 4 hex head nuts, one "keyed" nut and 2 nut "keys".:eek:

Hmmm says Adrian, they have sent we a set of wheel nuts with 1 locking nut. Not happy Jan. :mad: I even went up to the shed to get one of the Rangie nuts that came with the wheels to double check. I re read the website listing and was satisfied that I hadn't recieved what I asked for.

Next day I rang Graeme Cooper Automotive and queried them about the suposed lock nut set. Says the nice young man on the other end with a slight sigh of iritation in his voice "if you pull of the hex caps the "keyed" bit is underneath, you have 4 locking nuts, one xtra for your spare and 2 keys" Are u sure I asked, still doubtful. :(

So home I goes Friday night, races in the front door, takes said hex nut down to the W/shop and pops it in the vice gently, I then got the multigrips and pulled the little pressed metal hex cover of and wadda ya know, theres a loking nut. :wasntme: Yippppeeeeeeeeee D'oh

DEFENDERZOOK
27th August 2006, 07:27 PM
have you also got the plastic tool for removing the caps off the locknuts....?
or do you have to use multigrips each time....?

Stepho_62
27th August 2006, 07:42 PM
Nah tony, only 5 4 locking nuts, one odd one for the spare n 2 keys. God I felt like a dill when I had a close look. Fair dinkum they look all the world like solid nuts :eek: