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Jamie
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Bought my the car over a month ago and I've just bought some 17s.

Problem is on the passenger side both wheels were put on, by the looks of things, one of those electric socket guns.

So both locking nuts are on WAY too tight and everytime I try to take them off, they just slip out and damage the nut.

Any ideas how I can attempt to get them off?

Been told I can just hammer a socket a size smaller on and pray that works.... OR drill a hole down the centre to get it off.

Help me please.
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Drilling a hole down the centre will ease off some of the preassure.Get a decent cobalt drill bit and drill or you will be there all day.
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get a socket and a big breaker bar, and dont be shy!
Adam-D
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cant u take it to a garage with one of them socket guns then theyy be off in no time...........
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i have just the tool at work....cant say what it is..or all those till scrot bags can nick ure wheels piece of piss...but if all else fails...take it 2 a garage as mentioned...me air wrench at work can power up2 750nm either way..so i hope that works


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dannycorsa c
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adam d's idea sounds best as these guns they use put a lot ov preasure on and wud be off in no time!
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o yea if my 750nm gun dont work...bring on the 2000nm 1

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Bonzai
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my work has got a hoooge bluepoint impact wrench, dunno what the force is on it, and one time it wouldnt take an igniter plug out of the engine we were shittin ourselves! but then it was a GE90 engine exposed to much much higher temps than a corsa!

personally id say get a scaffold pole and get someone to hold your brace onto the wheel so it dont fall off, put the pole over the brace and step/stamp/jump on the pole
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blue point...r good impact wrenchs....a division of snap on

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yup, well we got a big one! they use it for removing bolts in the landing gear legs on 747 and 777 aircraft.
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just hammer a socket on, but use one of those dual hex ones which have lots of little teeth rather than flat sides. Should come off easy enough
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blue point is a brand name that snap on use for tools which they dont actually make themselves!
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gater grip
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quote:
Originally posted by Claire G
just hammer a socket on, but use one of those dual hex ones which have lots of little teeth rather than flat sides. Should come off easy enough


id say use a single hex...as they r much better...as they have contact all the way around the nut/bolt

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Kerry
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when the garage bust my lockin wheel nut key i just hammered a 17 mil socket on and they came off in no time
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snap-on make special sockets which u push over a locking wheel nut, and just undo it...they will undo ne locking wheel nut avalible

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Jamie
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quote:
Originally posted by Claire G
just hammer a socket on, but use one of those dual hex ones which have lots of little teeth rather than flat sides. Should come off easy enough


Tried this an hour ago and it just shreaded the inner teeth and came off.

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Originally posted by Ben- (yorkshire)
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This doesnt do sweet fcuk all for some reason. The theory of it works, but for some reason it just wouldnt budge


HELP!
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You tried shocking it with a hammer? Worked on my mates brake disc screw...
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yea tim....i told him on msn a lil while ago 2 hit it with a punch.....he had 2 goto work tho..so he is gonna try it later on

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Jamie
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Well Lucky B and I had 1/2 an hour's shot at it just now and still no luck.

Getting desperate so going to take it to Renault tomorrow and see if they can shed some light on it.

If not looks like i'm forking out some £££ for some quality drill bits and taking a risk on drilling through the centre.
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why u wanna take em off n'e ways!
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben- (yorkshire)
why u wanna take em off n'e ways!

To make way for some new 17" Mas Italy VT5 wheels, they wont fit otherwise
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ok.....try my final method guys...weld a bolt 2 it/ socket 2 it and then undo it

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quote:
Originally posted by xhale2007
ok.....try my final method guys...weld a bolt 2 it/ socket 2 it and then undo it

the nuts are recessed so welding isn't really a possibility.

I reckon J-Me will need to drill em off

[Edited on 24-08-2003 by Lucky B]
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have u tried a garage with a impact wrench or power gun??

 
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