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davewagon

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Well my locking wheel nut is not round and completely stripped and the wheel bolt is seemingly made of chocolate.

(Part of the reason why I cant' go to pugfest!)

Soooo how do i get it off?

Do i smack on a tight fitting nut and then try to crack it off?

If so, what size would anyone recommend? 18mm?

(am I better off buying a single socket from halfrauds to do the job(not have to worry about damaging my own socket then)

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Yeah try that, what kind of bolt is it?

You could try your local back street motor factors, some sell the proper tool for it, about a tenner I think.
Posted 1st Jul 2012 at 11:49
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Its just the standard Peugeot locking bolt (i.e. crap) for cyclones.

Will give it a go then

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I had this problem, drill a 5mm hole through the head down into the threaded part of the bolt, follow this down carefully with a 12mm drill, when you get to the correct depth the head should drop off.
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I had this problem, drill a 5mm hole through the head down into the threaded part of the bolt, follow this down carefully with a 12mm drill, when you get to the correct depth the head should drop off.
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Bloody hell, that sounds a bit involved for me (in my current hungover state)

Will try busting it off first, then attempt this

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Just twat a 12 point socket on the round part then crack it off

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Posted 1st Jul 2012 at 16:02
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Yeah I just been trying this

I can only seem to get an 18mm 12 point socket on, but it is slipping when i try to undo it.

Cant get a 17mm on, so what now?

I have socket to remove rounded bolts, but need an impact wrench/gun really

Not sure I want to try drilling down it

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i did some by drilling a 6 or 8 mm hole down a cm or so smacking a slightly bigger torx socket into it and then undo as usual.
Posted 1st Jul 2012 at 16:39
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Irwin bolt grips mate thats wat u need

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Twat an 11/16" 12 sider on if you can't get a 17 on. Yes

I got some over-torqued lockers off like that, the gay round ones.

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fatlapit wrote:
Irwin bolt grips mate thats wat u need


They are the thing for a job like this!Thumbs up
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I used a solid chisle and punch on mine!

used the chisle which with a few wacks loosened them leaving a big chunk in the nut and then used the punch in the holes to wack is round until it was loose enough to remove with pliers etc.

All but one was a real pain in the ass due to me making sure they were just a little tight when the wheels were last off as i could see the pins starting to go!

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In the past, I've had to weld a nut onto the bolt and remove it that way.

The locking nuts must be made of cheese

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Use an Irwin bolt remover as suggested. Is actually quicker than if you had the key.

One of those things you'd rarely use, but when you need something like it they are worth their weight in gold. Anyone that doesn't have a set, buy them for the back of the cupboard. £20 well spent.

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    dangti6 wrote:
    Use an Irwin bolt remover as suggested. Is actually quicker than if you had the key.

    One of those things you'd rarely use, but when you need something like it they are worth their weight in gold. Anyone that doesn't have a set, buy them for the back of the cupboard. £20 well spent.


    this is true being a mechanic i brought snap on ones they are deffo best tool i brought get out of s**t loads sometimes the nut doesn't even look like a nut anymore but as if by magic they come undone!
    When i brought my gti6 of andy i couldn't find locking wheel nut socket so whacked them out with extractor socket took 2 mins then when i was cleaning out boot found it tucked inside rear of boot! Doh

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    fatlapit wrote:
    Irwin bolt grips mate thats wat u need


    Do you need an air gun for these?

    Or breaker bar do?

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    just a breaker bar.

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    They do one set in a box, and then I think it's called an 'Expansion set' with other sizes in. I think from the top of my head it's the expansion set you need for 19mm

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    breaker bar you hammer them on a bit then breaker bar them off

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    id go witht he rounded bolt extractors. Drilling the head off the nut still leaves the thread in the hub. If its a real c**t id suggest getting some heat on the nut to lossen it beforehand

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    jimmyhackers wrote:
    id go witht he rounded bolt extractors. Drilling the head off the nut still leaves the thread in the hub. If its a real c**t id suggest getting some heat on the nut to lossen it beforehand


    Once the head of the bolt is removed the bit that's left sticking out of the hub will only be finger tight as it's no longer under tensionGeek

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    ^^What he said.

    If the sockets aren't going on, just tack weld a nut to it.

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    You can get the rounded bolt removers from Halfrauds as I used a set when my locking key snapped on my old car.

    Should still have them kicking about in the garage somewhere if they can be of any help as I'm not far from M1 J21?
    Posted 2nd Jul 2012 at 18:26
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