Help - Locking Wheel Nut Came Apart!

[arnie70]

Give my Gal bit of a xmas treat yesterday, was trying to swap wheels from front to back to even out tyre wear. The locking wheel nut on front drivers side was stuck solid, give it a bit of elbow grease & the bugger came apart! :)

 

Any tips on how to remove it now??

 

Thanks

[gregers]

oh dear this has been covered b4 do a search(mum of many had this prob)iirc

[mumof4]

Reverse helix socket might work..

[teresa]

do what i did take it garage and let them do it :) we tried everything helix reverse socket chisel even heating them up nothing worked

[Guest gooner52]

thats what i did also only cost a score(oh sorry all you non londoners that

[PhilT]

Make sure you replace them all with something better than the Ford ones with that silly helix that just shears off (well, that's what happened to me).

 

Merry Christmas everyone!

[Guest MATT jr]

IIRC halfords do a tool.

 

its basically a screw, that "screws in" when turned counter clockwise, so once the screw is screwed in, it then undoes the wheel bolt.

 

MJR

[familyman]

:D mine did the same thing-i had to drill out the offending bolt,a real pain :D