tjamesbo
Active Member
- Joined
- Jan 6, 2007
- Messages
- 706
- Location
- Sutton Coldfield Midlands
- Car
- CLK430 ,Vito V6 sport ,Jaguar 2.5 X type ,W124's 1993 220TE , 1994 320TE ,Mastercraft X5
Tyre losing pressure on the W202 and went to remove the wheel to drop it off at the Tyre fitters for investigation Went to undo the wheel nuts Holy Moly they had been tightened by superman or no brain monkeywrench . out of 5 got 3 loose using spider wrench last one neither me or fit nephew could do so used an extension on the Merc wrench pictured it went with a crack and undid that only left the locking nut which wouldnt move with the spider wrench and locking socket so used a bit more leverage again with the extension Bang and the locking nut pattern shears off leaving locking nut sheared on the car . The wheels were swapped over by a reputable garage on here just 2 weeks ago which unfortunately is not local ( 40mls away )
so now the wheel is stuck on and the remains of the locking nut are jammed in the socket giving a potential problem removing the other 3 wheels
I am livid and am worrying that when I take it in I am going to be met with well you shouldnt have used that much force on the locking nut should you to which my indignant reply is going to be you shouldnt have F*****g overtightened them ! So where from here how big a problem is this should i take it to some specialist bolt remover or back to the indie ?
Boyd
so now the wheel is stuck on and the remains of the locking nut are jammed in the socket giving a potential problem removing the other 3 wheels
I am livid and am worrying that when I take it in I am going to be met with well you shouldnt have used that much force on the locking nut should you to which my indignant reply is going to be you shouldnt have F*****g overtightened them ! So where from here how big a problem is this should i take it to some specialist bolt remover or back to the indie ?
Boyd