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Those horrible nuts

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Hi

Just had some tires. had a wheel shimmy. Gave me a re balance. all good. Just noticed one of the stupid used for years caps is missing.

I can buy another for pence. But the brace seems quite loose on the nut with the missing cap. I have no sockets.

My question is can I remove the damaged nut with the ford wrench? Or will it round off? If so what size wrench will remove it.

Thanks

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    Think they're 17mm without the cap 19mm with

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    They're 18mm without the cap.  Annoying as most generic wheel bars are 17 & 19mm. :rolleyes: 

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    Yeah they're all 17 and 19!

    Will the 19 round it off?

    Thanks for the replies

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    1 minute ago, stratoc said:

    Yeah they're all 17 and 19!

    Will the 19 round it off?

    Thanks for the replies

    Depends how tight it is unfortunately.  As long as it's a 6 sided socket and you make sure its dead square on the nut and only put direct upwards pressure on it (less chance of slip) you should be ok but I take no responsibility if it slips or rounds.  

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    It came off. Just.

    I really thought it had slipped, it was very tight. thanks for the 'upwards' tip.

    my £5 replacement is on it's way.

     

    Thanks again fellers.

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    Get a set of These they are great for the job.

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