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Missing essential parts for my locking wheel nuts!
paul_humphreys:
Theres someone else who dose a bigger set of 4 sizes. If not I have seen it done in a garage with an air chisel.
Paul
redhand:
--- Quote from: "gaelbhan" ---What can I do about a missing wheel nut wrench? To top things off the metal key socket is missing also and apparently this is the piece which has a letter imprinted on it in case a replacement wheel nut wrench is needed! Any advice is greatly appreciated! :idea:
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Take no notice of these doom mongers and neanderthals. take it to any half decent tire fitters and they will have em off in no time. without causig any damage.
extreme90:
--- Quote from: "redhand" ---
--- Quote from: "gaelbhan" ---What can I do about a missing wheel nut wrench? To top things off the metal key socket is missing also and apparently this is the piece which has a letter imprinted on it in case a replacement wheel nut wrench is needed! Any advice is greatly appreciated! :idea:
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Take no notice of these doom mongers and neanderthals. take it to any half decent tire fitters and they will have em off in no time. without causig any damage.
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we use a imperial double hex socket thats just abit smaller when our customers forget the hub key :roll: (same as a locking wheel nut before anyone asks, just for a boat :lol: )
ooo but a old one tho :lol: :wink:
dan
gaelbhan:
well... heres whats happened.. I went to the local Landy dealer in Edinburgh... Pentland btw... (Rossleigh in Porty I've found to be a bunch of ***-*** merchants... u fill in the blanks:-)) got a wheelbrace (generic & cheaper.. much cheaper btw) and a set of four non-locking wheelnuts! on Monday... we'll visit Al... oor local trusty mechanic ere in Leith.. and he'll break off the locking nuts.. remove the wheels... put on the new BFG MTS and reassemble with the new wheel nuts! yay... thanks again folks and wish me luck & of course thanks for all advice!
mud-club-matty:
if your putin bfgs on u need lockers had a set of mts stolen even with lockers on they had them but with out lockers its gona be pice of p**s to get off
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