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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: tunnie on 27 September 2008, 22:23:47
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Can this be ordered from the dealer, if you have the car pass?
Just discovered mother tunnie is missing hers, so need to get the remover thing, otherwise the wheels are stuck on ::).
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;Ddrill bit and stud extractor will be cheaper option ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I've got quite good at removing these , get people in all the time who've lost the remover.
If you're likely to be anywhere near Notts I could have a go.
Failing that if you can't get hold of the tool, some of the tricks are
- hit the wheel bolt as hard as you can with a hammer (if you can't do it without damaging the wheel use a bit of solid bar between the hammer and bolt) , this should loosen the bolt a fair bit .
-try chiselling it round with a cold chisel
- if it still doesn't move you can sometimes bang an old socket onto the bolt (impact ones are best but this doesn't always work , it depends on the type of bolt)
-usual last resort is to find someone with a MIG welder and weld some nice chunks on to the bolt (the heat helps to loosen them and you've then got a nice lump of weld to hit against with your chisel)
-as stated before drill and extractor can work but you've got to loosen them first usually or you'll bust the extractor.
You've got to be careful with all these not to damage your wheels, but one or other of them usually does the trick.
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worth a chat with the parts dept. Not too pricey for the key type at least and i think both can be ordered to a number. Slough quoted me £30 iirc. My local tire man has a pot full of buggerd locking bolts and keys that cant take the recommended 110nm of torque setting. Quite a phew vx keys in the collection. He says bmw are strongest but i bet the bolts dont fit the mig?
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Are they defo VX lockers????
Maybe worth popping a piccy on here if not..
My son had this problem with his Golf a week or two ago, his mate came around the corner, we stopped him, borrowed his and it fitted.... :-[
Hope we can help :)
There's always this...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TWIST-SOCKET-SET-Round-Wheel-Nut-stud-removel-tool_W0QQitemZ220284184949QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220284184949&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
DC
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you can buy replacment lockers @ £25 /set ,had to get new set when i split my socket :( Think i had to take the vin card to stealers so they could take correct details down
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not sure wheel bolt lock is stored on carpass....
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VIN would make sense, and maybe log book to prove its your car?
I will ring the stealers tomorrow and ask
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Yeh they are geniune Vx ones, i have seen the pattern before.
How many different types were made?
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never mind, we found them!
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VX ones are generic as my key is buggered and my local tyre man has a few different locking tools and fortunatly has a vx one :D
A set of 4 locking nuts and a locking tool can be purchased from any vx stealer for £25