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drhex
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:14 am |
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Right very quick question kwick fot have just cocked my locking wheel nut key up. They managed to change 3 out of 4 wheels but they broke it on the last one. And to top if off they couldnt get it off. uestion i have is 3 of the 4 wheels now only have 3 studs in will this be ok while i can drive the 11 miles back to halfords to pick up a new set of locking wheel nuts up |
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Neal
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:19 am |
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are they paying for the new nuts etc?
Let them drive to bloody halfords to buy new ones! |
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drhex
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:21 am |
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I was short of time as i had nipped out at lunch. After 2 hours my boss was phoning me up to get back to the office so just had to get out of there. |
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Doc
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:21 am |
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do it in the army all the time.
just dont go over 45 - 50 if you rag it you'll be sory!. 
or get a lift to pick them up. |
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Chris H
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:02 am |
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I raced an astra turbo on 2 wheel bolts like a right pillock on 2 wheel bolts and i am still here. hit 120 on that test track at the time.
3 will be fine. |
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Roger Red Hat
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:52 am |
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do it in the army all the time.
just dont go over 45 - 50 if you rag it you'll be sory!.
or get a lift to pick them up. |
we had a wheel come off cos a stupid siggy didnt tighten them up.
if it hadent of been for the trailor on the back, would of mangled all the brakes up.
but yet, 3 will be fine, drive me clio to the garage on 2 and a loose one.
2 and 1/2 |
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Doc
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:01 am |
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we had a wheel come off cos a stupid siggy didnt tighten them up.
if it hadent of been for the trailor on the back, would of mangled all the brakes up.
but yet, 3 will be fine, drive me clio to the garage on 2 and a loose one.
2 and 1/2 |
what was it? A Wolf FFR? |
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Roger Red Hat
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:28 am |
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nope, just a boring FFR.
never even worked on the wolfs.
know what the army is like! |
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Doc
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:43 am |
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yea, but surely they have landrover, turbo and non turbo, (turbo being the wolf). They should have let you work on one of them??
Are all the signals L/r's FFR (Fitted for radio)?
Sounds like a daft question but it's not realy? |
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JB
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:27 pm |
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Whats a Pinkie? Long wheel base land rover?? |
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Roger Red Hat
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:24 pm |
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ive not seen the/worked on the wolf in person.
some are ffr, some are just wagons with the extra seats int he back
pinkie used to be and old speical type of series 2 land rover,
sas used it i think?
V8 in it too. |
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drhex
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:14 am |
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Right. How the hell do i now get the knackered locking wheel nut off. Just nipped it upto a garage for them to give it a whirl and no joy. They tried there locking wheel nut removel tool but it just wont budge.
What im thinking is one of two things. I have some studd extractors. So am i best trying to remove the bolt whole or would i be better drilling the head off first and just removing the stud thats left in the wheel. either way i need to get some metal drill bits coz i aint got any. |
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Chris H
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:28 am |
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I thought they were sorting it?
what exactly are you faced with? is the whele head there/ what wheel you got? pics would be an advantage! |
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drhex
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:43 am |
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its the standard 14" megane rim. The tools they have used to try to get the bolt out have mashed the centre bit of the locking wheel nut. My plan was to either drill the head off so i could get the wheel off then use the stud extractors to pull the remains of the bolt out. Or drill down the centre and try to use the stud extractors to pull the bolt out in one piece |
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Chris H
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:49 am |
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the 5 spoke alloy?
what style of locknut are they? |
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drhex
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:57 am |
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its a 4 spoke rim. locking nut had little wholes around the outer edge for the locking wheel nut key thing to fit into and the centre section is raised out. The centre section in well mashed now from varius tools and sockets that have been hammered on to try to get it to shift. |
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Chris H
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:03 am |
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so hammering a socket on is out of the question then.
drill the head off is the only choice it would see,. |
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