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Title: lost locking wheel nut key. £££?
Post by: feeutfo on 29 July 2008, 19:20:34

how much does a lost  locking wheel nut key
Cost to replace? One to match your existing wheel
nuts? Mate at work lost his. 96 gls. Ta

Title: Re: lost locking wheel nut key. £££?
Post by: johnnycboy on 29 July 2008, 19:31:26

hi chris

has your mate got the locking wheel nut number supplied with the kit, if not hes gonna have to try and remove it forcefully. you can buy wheel nut removing kits, i had the personal experience of drilling and chiselling one off.

hth

Title: Re: lost locking wheel nut key. £££?
Post by: feeutfo on 29 July 2008, 20:32:58

hi Johny, will have to assume no number, he got
Nothing with it as it was a right off repaired.

Title: Re: lost locking wheel nut key. £££?
Post by: johnnycboy on 29 July 2008, 21:47:15

i doubt very much if he will get a replacement then.  is it the old three pin locking wheelnut type.  you may be able to get one off someone on here, not sure if the keys are exactly the same though.  otherwise i can only think off taking it to a garage and have the wheel nuts extracted off.

Title: Re: lost locking wheel nut key. £££?
Post by: Mr Hagon on 30 July 2008, 10:33:45

When I had Kwik Fit change my tyres once they didn't bother asking for the locking nut adapter, which was the three pin type, but they managed to butcher it off anyway.

Mark

Title: Re: lost locking wheel nut key. £££?
Post by: johnnycboy on 30 July 2008, 14:09:41

Quote

When I had Kwik Fit change my tyres once they didn't bother asking for the locking nut adapter, which was the three pin type, but they managed to butcher it off anyway.

Mark

Thats Dip s@@ts for you >:(

Title: Re: lost locking wheel nut key. £££?
Post by: gazsomega on 02 August 2008, 20:42:20

ive been there before and i had the joy of going round every tyre place /garage in my area untill i found someone that had one that fitted it just takes time and alsot of sweet talking but some garage will have one it worked for me maybe worth a try

Title: Re: lost locking wheel nut key. £££?
Post by: gazsomega on 02 August 2008, 20:44:12

forget to mention some one will have one as there is only so many patterns for them there not unlimted its the same for house keys there is only so many profiles and a locksmith told me that