Thread: Road wheel nuts and that wheel brace in the tool kit

When new they are perfect but a tyre shop air gun destroys them in no time. Mine work happily now with a 7/8 extension impact 6 point socket. Just only do up to 140Nm.

You can buy replacement steel ones from Tuff Ant.

Originally Posted by LR1953

Friends, new to the L319 page as I've just purchased a 2.7 D4 and I'm sure this question has been addressed before. After 2 weeks scored my first flat tyre so had to swap it out for the spare. Imagine my surprise when I found that the supplied tool wouldn't fit onto the wheelnuts. Nor would a 22mm Sidchrome socket. Had to reach back to my SAE socket set for 7/8th inch which did fit, but was a bit fiddly getting it off again. Today I got out the Vernier caliper and measured about 22.2 mm across the flats on the wheelnuts and slightly less on the tool. I tried dressing the internal flats of the tool with a triangular file, but it's still not a satisfactory fit. How are others addressing the problem?
TIA, Rob S

The factory nuts are skinned and can deform. Either buy new factory nuts and get a correctly sized six sided 22mm wheel socket, or get some solid nuts like Tuffant sell as replacements.

And if you get really desperate - you can buy a 22.5mm 6 sided impact socket to remove swollen nuts that you can’t get off.