Not happy I tell thee !!!!!!!!

Yesterday I thought i'd paint my calipers but when tried to take off the front left locking nut...... the locking nut just snapped !!!! Tried everything in vain to get it off....hammer n chisel it off - no joy !! Put a flame thrower on to heat it up - no joy !!!

Then i thought i'd do the front right............SNAP !!! I thought this can't be happening !!!!!!!!!!!!

Right rear came off no probs but the left rear didn't have one off.

Just popped into the garage this morning, my mate looked at it and said "Fcuk me Shane...... probably be able to get it off but I can't guarantee not damaging the wheel " again........ I said it'll be about

 

If it is four offset holes and the key locks into them, then not Honda, same as the ones I have and looking to change them sometime soon.

 

not Honda ones
Not a lot you can do but get them off!
When you replace them a couple of tips!

Put a bit of WD40 on the stud before you put them back on.
When you come to take them off again ALWAYS undo the locking nut first. Less stress on it that way.

 

I just can't believe it !

Just lucky I haven't had a flat yet

Might end up having to get the wheels refurbed if ruined

 

depends what is left of the nut and how soft it is..

I had lock nut problem.. and hammered a slightly smaller socket onto what was left of the nut.. tried imperial/american to get the best fit.. then put a big bar on the socket to give the nut a big shock to get it moving. The risk is that you round off the nut if it is very soft

 

I tried that also but the socket wouldn't grip. Locking wheel nut was just spitting it back out.... like it didn't want to be moved

 

What about those sockets with all the pins in them

 

You mean the gater grip ? nah, wouldn't work coz it wouldn't be able to grip anywhere on the nut

 

I have a new set of (not Honda) Locking nuts i can sell if you want them. Think i paid

 

I had exactly the same happen to me not long ago and tried allthe above, but the little bugger would not shift. In the end a chap at a local garage rattled the air gun against the nut and the vibrations loosened the nut.

The tool they normally use would not fit over the nut in the recess in the wheel so this was the last reort. You do risk damaging your wheels doing this but luckily I had no such problem.

Needless to say I've now binned the whole set as they are piss poor quality.