Thread: 2008 L322 Vogue wheel alignment

Originally Posted by Cambo351

Do the lock nuts look like these? The POS original Jag Land Rover ones from the UK where the key spins freely around them because it's the worst design ever?

Yep

In that case get them off and throw them in the bin, worst lock nuts I ever saw.

So what usually happens with them, the nut is overtightened and the key isn't strong enough for the break torque, it stretches and spins over the back end of the nut.

This is how I got it sorted.

My key was totally stuffed so I got a replacement key from the UK, and had it modified by a machine/engineering shop in Seven Hills to make the teeth bigger so it would grip the nut:



Only problem with this is that the dome of the locking nut is bigger than the slots at the back, so the dome would have to be machined. The guy did one for me on a mill as an example, but the remaining one on the car would have to be done with a dremel...



So I start attacking a newly refurbished BBS wheel with a dremel...


Eventually cut the slots into the nut, and with some serious nerves I put the key over the nut, got the breaker bar on it, and... it finally came off!!!



The magic key...



Locknuts now in the bin and normal nuts on in their place...

This is a major problem in the UK where the nuts get rusty (see what mine are like, the car is a UK-import) and many people have faced the same problem.

Most try to grind away the whole dome, or split it with a chisel, problem is you end up damaging the wheel. No damage with this method, except for my wallet...