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[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

So... The famous GK organisation skills come into play again. I haven't got a scooby where my locking wheel nut key is... Other than it'll turn up in about six months in somewhere stupid.

Anyone able to tell me what key number these are... And indeed if anyone has one kicking around?

https://flic.kr/p/2n3yEsX

https://flic.kr/p/2n3tiT4

[Andy B]

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-pro406-emergency-wheel-nut-removal-tool/ 

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-pro406-emergency-wheel-nut-removal-tool/ 

Very tempted!

[Andy B]

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Very tempted!

I took them all off my Merc cos they were all 'orrible & rusty looking. 

[robson]

I believe that a vauxhall garage can get you the correct key from the reg no.Proof of purchase probable needed this assumes that the nuts are original. Or take the car to a garage to get the nut off and replace with a plain bolt

[Andy B]

..... Or take the car to a garage to get the nut off and replace with a plain bolt

ATS removed the locking bolts from my Omega using something like those I linked to after Kwik Fit broke the 'key' .

[Nick W]

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-pro406-emergency-wheel-nut-removal-tool/ 

He'd get better value out of buying and watching me eat £23.98 worth of chocolate than buying those. I've tried most(and still have some) of the locking nut removers, and they all have one thing in common: every now and then, they get a nut undone. That's usually such a surprise that you break something as you fall over.

[Andy B]

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He'd get better value out of buying and watching me eat £23.98 worth of chocolate than buying those. I've tried most(and still have some) of the locking nut removers, and they all have one thing in common: every now and then, they get a nut undone. That's usually such a surprise that you break something as you fall over.

They were picked as an example of what's available .... You can buy proper Easyouts & you can buy stuff that looks like them. As above ..... I got ATS to remove locking bolts from a car & they used similar ...
Most of us don't use these kinds of things on a daily basis so as a one off they'd probably be OK, if they were being used every day then they'd probably not!

[Nick W]

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He'd get better value out of buying and watching me eat £23.98 worth of chocolate than buying those. I've tried most(and still have some) of the locking nut removers, and they all have one thing in common: every now and then, they get a nut undone. That's usually such a surprise that you break something as you fall over.

They were picked as an example of what's available .... You can buy proper Easyouts & you can buy stuff that looks like them. As above ..... I got ATS to remove locking bolts from a car & they used similar ...
Most of us don't use these kinds of things on a daily basis so as a one off they'd probably be OK, if they were being used every day then they'd probably not!

The most successful means of getting them off is to hammer a six point impact socket on, and use an impact wrench. If the locking nut has a rotating collar, that needs to be chisled off first.

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

After some careful thought and a bit of looking around (and borrowing a set of nut removers from Addy)... I discovered that one of them was slack enough that it undid when I started bashing it with a chisel, which was nice.

The second one, on an effort vs reward basis... I ended up MIGging a nut to it and undoing it by that before throwing it in the bin. God bless those who invented welders.

Two more to go... But it started persisting down do that's a job for another day!