Locking wheel nut problem

[sssammm]

Bloody thing has knurled, it just spins off, not enough room round it to whack a socket over it....

Any Ideas?

Ta Sam

 

[br0ke]

I feel your pain.

I had the same - self inflicted - problem before Christmas with 2 wheels.

I tried everything before resorting to the drill. Surprisingly it wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. The rear was worse as they have a deeper dish.
There are companies that offer this, but none near me.

 

[sssammm]

Hmmm drill.....maybe, a friend has offered to weld a bar on

 

[AndyPCD]

Is it the actual wheel bolt part that has rounded off or the key itself as the keys themself are quite weak and prone to rounding off

 

[sssammm]

Its the bolt, not the key

www.dropbox.com/s/u9jkocxk1d48vtd/20140211_184003.jpg

 

[flango]

Snap on wheel bolt remover made for lost keys or rounded bolts, off in 10 seconds

 

[sssammm]

havent got any room round the head, its a tight fit

 

[Quincross]

Try some of these methods, the best for you is probably the specialist removal tool shown in the second to last method - it bores into the centre of the bolt not the outside and needs little clearance:

How to remove locking wheel nuts and bolts when you have lost the key

 

[sssammm]

Drilled the bugger, im right down to the nitty gritty, but still havent separated the collar yet, trouble is I have a very wide threaded shaft

need to find some sort of grinding tube......woe is me

 

[br0ke]

Yes I did the same.

Once drilled out, get a cold chisel and hammer it in and then twist it with a spanner or pipe wrench. It should snap the head off the shaft of the bolt. On my rear wheel I ended up drilling nearly 1" past where I needed to and it was held on by a fraction on one side.

 

[sssammm]

Got it out, I used a 14mm masonary sds bit and tore the last bit out like butter

I have now dumped the bolts for standard ones, If anyone has code 313, Ive got a couple of spare bolts and a new key

 

[mabz]

You guys and my last sl made me so paranoid about this problem I go around every wheel bolt every couple of months to loosen the re-tighten !!

 

[sssammm]

no problem with the bolts, its the bloody locking nuts

 

[mabz]

Yes I don't have any thank fook!! Had some on my other car and couldn't find the nut!! That was a right pain but found it in the wheel well so all good in the end

 

[Ironnike]

Drill them in the centre, take a long T50 torx and hammer them in forced, undo them! Job done! Worked for me

 

[sssammm]

I used the torx, i now have no torx!.....

 

[nigel cross]

Here is a good site to get some better locking wheelbolts.Mercedes AMG BMW alloy wheels & tyres, UK wheel alloys

 

[sssammm]

Never going to use them again, the car is locked away, never out of sight, and the keys are a bloody nuisance, especially when dolts at tyreshops cant understand "do not use with airgun"

 

[nigel cross]

The difference with these ones are:- the locking bolts are actual bolts that use a special socket as they are not symmetrical, and so you will not have the same issue with these again.