Slightly OT - locking wheel nuts

just curious how you can cut them off on an alloy wheel, mine are 1/2" down a hole no way to cut them off or use a cold chisel at sort of angle to turn them round

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Kevin
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Ah, yes, sorry. I are an eejit.

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Huge

I've been thinking about this - mine say that there are literally thousands of combinations so....

Is it possible to take a 'cast' of the wheel nut? Make sure the nut and surrounding wheel is well greased with a release agent, and cast it with something - Plaster of Paris or Car Body filler maybe - I'm no expert, an experiment is needed. Then use the cast to make a new key. My key is a reverse cone with dowels at random positions - I'd turn a blank without the cone, then drill for the dowels, then turn the cone and finally braze the dowels in. Shouldn't take more than, say, 50 hours.

R.

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TheOldFellow

Car mechanic friend had a car with alloy wheels in, and was asked to get one off that wouldn't budge, even with the right key. After using every method known to man, he got fed up and used and angle grinder to take the rim off.

Turned out someone had welded the end of the bolt to the wheel from the engine side. He never did find out why...

Thomas Prufer

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Thomas Prufer

That's one way of stopping your wheels getting nicked .!!!!...well one of them anyway .

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NOSPAMnet

And another use for an angle grinder :-)

Dave

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Dave

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