Thread: Wheel removal.

The special tool has a number on it,,
so not just any old special lock nut remover will work,,,

Any of the normal LR wreckers will have spare normal nuts, buy 5 and throw the locknuts away,,

good luck with the lock nut removals,,
Blknight is a wizard at these things,,
maybe a PM?

As I had some 'dodgy' wheel nuts as well as the lock nuts that had been rounded and abused with poor fitting wheel braces etc, I was having difficulty getting them off (And on). I either had to hammer a socket onto the tin covered nut which then required some vice grips to get the nut out of the socket or wheel brace.

I decided to take the plunge and remove the S/S cover off a wheel nut and see what was underneath. (Ignore the condition - it was a threaded wheel nut from a wrecker so I didn't worry about 'butchering' it to get the stainless steel cover off)

Lo and behold - a perfectly good steel hex that is a more managable size of 26mm. The old damaged tin covered nut was a mis-match size between 28mm and 1-1/16" and I had some concerns with being stranded with a damaged tyre/rim out bush and not being able to remove 1 or 2 poor fitting wheel nuts.

I acknowledge that a good condition wheel nut with the S/S cover in place will give you no removal problems.....but if they have been knocked around

I also acknowledge the security issue with having no lock nuts.....but 26mm isn't a common wheel brace size so an opportunistic thief isn't going to be carrying a tool box with an assortment of tools with him!

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