Thread: My wheels won't come off

Allright, i know you all had sleepless nights in wonderment, loose nuts, small drive, got them off..only thing killed was 1 x lock nut & 1 x socket used to get said lock nut off when it stripped the little stupid round locking pin thingo's, then needed said socket bashed onto stuffed lock nut to get that off.

Why could'nt land rover design a lock nut key and lock nut with square pins so they don't round off?

thanks for the tips, all sorted now!

Ray

Originally Posted by Rayngie

loose nuts, small drive,

yeah ...can be a problem ...

Originally Posted by Rayngie

It's all about preserving the muddies for when they are actually in mud, not much of that between Manly and Camperdown!, they have to come off!

I dunno about that, you can have it sprayed on in Mosman

Oh BTW toss those bloody lock nuts too buggery, bloody mongrels of things they are

Baz.

I dunno about that, you can have it sprayed on in Mosman


I always thought it was a 'crystal car wash' place, now that i think of it, i have seen cars go in clean and come out dirty.....

Originally Posted by rovercare

Oxidisation having the alloy and steel hubs together

Perhaps and that also.

Clean the mating surfaces, studs, and nuts and apply a good coating of Loctite anti-seize to them all before reinstalling. Don't use copper base anti-seize on aluminium, use silver or nickel base.

I ditched the lock nuts after getting a flat in the bush and trying to get the lock nut off it rounded off,not a very good design lucky I had a pair of vice grips to get it off

Originally Posted by Redback

I dunno about that, you can have it sprayed on in Mosman

Baz.

Hey!!!!!!

Well you're probably right. I think I have the only proper muddy 4x4 in Mosman. Well I assume that's what the funny looks are for.