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Locking nuts

Wilkes
Wilkes
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Hi is there any body out there can help me I have lost my alloy wheel locking nut to my fiesta st line x been to the Ford dealers did not what to no waste of time 

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    This happened to me. 

    Tried using slightly undersized sockets, no joy.

    In the end, found a mobile tyre bloke who had the gear and took them off in a matter of minutes. He charged me £10 a wheel. 

    A lesson learnt ☹️

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    It is possible to loosen them with a hammer and chisel.

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    17 hours ago, Wilkes said:

    Hi is there any body out there can help me I have lost my alloy wheel locking nut to my fiesta st line x been to the Ford dealers did not what to no waste of time 

    Ring round your local tyre-fitters - one of them will offer a service where they use a special 'blank' soft brass key to hammer onto the locking nuts and get them off.  My local specialist charged me a lot less than 10 GBP per nut.  Then IIWY replace with ordinary nuts - why? Because Ford keys (and locking nuts) are expensive/unobtainable and made of cheese anyway.

    If you must have locking nuts, get some decent quality ones such as McGard.

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    Does anyone steal wheels anymore? It's been years since I've seen a car up on bricks. Much more likely to get your petrol nicked LOL 🤣

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    2 hours ago, StephenFord said:

    Does anyone steal wheels anymore? It's been years since I've seen a car up on bricks. Much more likely to get your petrol nicked LOL 🤣

    I haven’t replaced mine for that reason 🙂

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    I recently fitted a lowering kit on my friend's car but the locking key was damaged, ended up drilling the outer ring off then hammering a 12 point socket on which done the trick. 

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