ha ha this thread is from ages ago. by the way got sorted in the end. hammered an old mondeo socket on

My old Vauxhall dealership had a tray full of master sockets, which had almost every type of wheelnut key that Vauxhall issued 9 times out of 10 they would have one that fitted

lol i just noticed that lol

i hate when threads get bought up after 2 years :(

do you have rac,aa or greenflag cover? if you do or know someone who does call them and before they arrive put your tyre down and they will come remove it so they can change the wheel

either wack a 16mm socket on and have it off that way or go to vaux and get the code.do you have the box for them? i had 3 sets and my code on the top was 152....

as someone already said, stud extractors...

another way is to drill into it, then try turn the key with something like a hex key or a alan key.

Take it to Vaux and they can try the keys they have in stock if you don't have the number for your key. Or you can choose one of the more extreme techniques...

Whack a bigger socket on to it with a hammer, a vx mec told me that as that was how they done it.

big flat head screw driver and hammer, bash it until loose then its easy enough after that

go to a decent garage they will have a tool with a left handed thread that u smash onto to locking whell but and undo, the teeth on the tool dig into the metal as you undo it, you wont be able to use to wheel buts again as the tool mullers them!!
if your locking wheel nuts have spinnin (anty mole grip type) castings, you are in truble and wont be able to use this tool,
i suggest hammer and chizel.

have you got the box with code? my mate lost his and had code 18 on it?mine was the same and it fitted.my new ones are a different code but vaux ones so can help hopefully

mole grips work on some, ive used mole grips on some splined ones and the smaller socket trick on some others. im sure theres some other ways to, google it.

[Edited on 18-04-2008 by pacman001001]

theres a guy who'll come out for 50 quid a time that takes two minutes to get them off :o
Used him on my corsa when i lost my locking nut and didnt have a clue what make they were.

forgotten his name though. Is worth it if its a ast resort. Hell pop up on google.

wack a smaller socket on the locking nut.

Help.

I have lost my locking wheel nut key for my alloys. I am going to have another look around my garage over the weekend but I have a bad feeling I have left it in the wheel.

Now the Locking Wheel Nuts & Key are Vauxhall ones but I rang a Vaux dealer before and they said they wouldnt have master keys for a 97 Corsa. Does anyone have any ideas about how to get my locking nuts out without chiselling nuts on the wheel.

Ed

[Edited on 18-04-2008 by ed_jones]