Those horrible nuts

[Guest]

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

[Comares2001]

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

[TomsFocus]

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

[Guest]

Yeah they're all 17 and 19!

Will the 19 round it off?

Thanks for the replies

[TomsFocus]

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.  

[Guest]

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.

[F0CUE]

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