Thread: Lock nuts

Originally Posted by twr7cx

Well, with so many people throwing them out - if anyone wants to sell them to me instead of throwing them away, PM me!

Which part of the quotes below did you miss?

Seriously, the D2 locking nuts are the 2nd worst thing LR made. The wall of the locking nut key is so thin where the pins fit that they are very weak & split when trying to undo the wheel nut.
Please listen to the experienced folk here & do away with them. Your car would have come standard with them & the previous owner has removed them for a reason.

Originally Posted by weeds

most guys ditch them, last thing you need is for them to fail trying to change a tyre in the middle of no where

Originally Posted by Tombie

Dont bother...

Lock nuts are a "feel good" item only...

Took me less than 5 seconds to remove the lock nut on my disco when the 'key' shattered..

25mm x 10 point socket and a breaker bar and it was off...

They are more trouble than they are worth and wont stop anyone.

Originally Posted by moggly73

When i had new tyres, a couple of mine had been overtightened when a previous owner had tyres rotated. Took the tyre company a fair effort to remove them, so i have just replaced them with normal. Don't want the hassle if locking nuts get stuck on and i need to change a wheel somewhere remote.

Originally Posted by Fluids

Like already said above .... I threw them away and bought 4x more std wheel nuts to replace them. I left the lock-nut on the spare though.

And besides ... who's gonna steal your wheels ? ... A commodore owner ?

Took the words right out of my mouth!
They are made of cheese and so are the sockets to fit. Do you REALLY want to be stuck in the middle of nowhere with a flat and no way of getting the wheel off?

Chuck them in the BIN

Originally Posted by twr7cx

Well, with so many people throwing them out - if anyone wants to sell them to me instead of throwing them away, PM me!

I would not send these to my mother-in-law. They are good for Sweet FA.

How many people drive commodores in Tassie anyway. I though it was pretty tame down there.

Regards
Andrew

Originally Posted by Scouse

Which part of the quotes below did you miss?

I read them. I understood them. And I still decided that I would like one to put on my spare wheel as it's fairly easy for someone to take as a joke or just to annoiy me (as there's less nuts and isn't the vehicle weight on them).