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its abit rough and doesnt work on every kind, but you can usualy smash a socket piece over the top and remove it that way, cheaper, but can be a nusance to get the stud/bolt/nut out of sed socket after!
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i got the seconds set they seem to work well
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I have the top set in work & they are hopeless. Never got them to bite in. Eventually I used the smash an old socket on method.
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Locking Wheel nut removerRobinxr4i
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I believe the top one need to be used with an air gun, they are very similar to the ones that Laser do and they say on the packet that they won't work with hand tools.
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Aha, cheers all.Think ill go and buy the second set then.Merry Xmas to me! ;D
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barty
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why not go to a tyre fitting shop and ask them, they normally have the best type and know how to use them, shouldnt cost much and could save damaging your wheel and save you wasting you money
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compass
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Get the 2nd type, 100%. I've had both, and it's the inner twists which grab the bolt. Great items, and I've never failed with them. Hope this helps.
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MK2VR6
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I second the old socket and give it some loving approach. That's what my local tyre place did...
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bl1300
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This is what my local tyre fitter uses and he swears by them.  |
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Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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when I lost one of mine, I made another, roughly shaped a peice of steel bar to the shape of the key, then hammered it against the wheel bolt, so it left an impression of the key shape on the steel bar, then I cut to the edge of the impression with a rotary burr in a dremel. it worked and I found the original key a couple of weeks later
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Cheers again everyone, but Ive bought a set now. I think it'll always comein handy, for randam bolts and things.Plus, the car doesn't move due to clutch issues, and no mot etc, so couldn't take it anywhere.Check the link in my sig for more info!Thanks again.  |
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I had this issue with my mx5 I bought the lazer ones that are supposedly airtool and managed by hand tools?
Took a bit of work but generally quite happy with them
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The second set work really well but not with air guns, you have to find one that fits the best then hammer it on slightly otherwise it slips off when you've got all your weight behind it and there's always something around to smash your knuckles on!!!
For ones where you can't get these on because of space being tight around the nut/bolt a blunt chisel with enough edge to dig in but not too much that it cuts through the nut and a few hard hits with a lump hammer does the job well but the nut is usually shot after but if you can't put it back on because of lost keys then you haven't lost anything!! There is a knack to this method but it's easy when you know how. Works for all sorts of nuts and bolts that have been rounded off.
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This is what my local tyre fitter uses and he swears by them. Got one and i swore at it ! went back to the old smash o socket over the locking bolt, i even have a set of deep halfords sockets for the job, only ever been defeated once but a set of E30 wheels and a round (3pin) locking nut set and even then i got 3 off and they had been on there 15 years in the rain, tighten the other 3 normal nuts up then give the locker a good whack to shock the threads free. |
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