whilst changing my wheels (the front 2 picked up nails somhow)to put the stock's back on...my lugnut spline broke now im stuck with 2 stock rims and 2 aftermarket ones.... both differant sizes.... and i need my car monday for work as the wifes is busy....and one of the rear rims is half on half off with no way to tighten the remaining lugs....only i can have such luck!!!! if any one at all has a lugnut drive with(19mm with 6 teeth inside)
like this one

Subydude: A Professional Suby Addict!!

i will drive to your location tomorrow and pay a KINGS RANSOME for it....please help a fellow suby owner out.....

steve

 

huumm

 

can i call now? or will that person be mad.....do they know im calling... where are they located...i am in cambs
so many questions.....

 

He should be ok he if not blame me

 

oh gosh... his phone is off.... what to do now

 

did you get my pm?

 

You could always try your local tyre dealer tomorrow they might have a solution.

 

yes.... is this a bussiness, if so they surly will not be open tommorrow right?

 

try a local tyre dealer like Kwick Fit etc as many open on sundays and stock things like what you need

 

Sara

Your PM Box is full

 

thank you so much.... i will try to run around tommorrow.... is 10:00 too early to call jamie or mike on a sunday morning.... i dont know what time the English get up on the weekends do you have a # for kwick fit?

 

166 to 182 Histon road
Histon Road
GB - Cambridge CB4 3JS
Tel: 01223 367666

 

More info here

Your local KWIK FIT CENTRES ( Ely Cambridge )

 

wish me luck tommorrow then..... i will try to locate what im after

 

Good luck fella

Im sure that your local Kwik fit centre will be able to help you out , Most are open from 10am till 4pm ( Check with your local centre first )

Let us know how you get on

Tiny ...

 

wow a 100 messages sorry deleted some now

 

What about a multi pin socket like this which fits whatever shape as the spring loaded pins move to fit.



This one is 21mm Inside Diameter and 28mm Outside Diameter

Mark

 

where do i get one of those.... ill sure try it.... how much and where, 19mm outside would be ideal

 

I got mine from a tool stall at a Steam Engine Rally for around £5.It easily fits in the recess where my wheel nuts go on my wheels. And any size up to a 21mm nut will fit inside.

You could try Halfords, they open on Sundays & there are two in Cambridge & they sell all sorts of sockets etc. Take one of your lug nuts with you & they may be able to match it up with something they stock.

1-2 BRIDGE STREET
CAMBRIDGE, , CB2 1UA
Tel. 01223 350808
Sunday - 10am - 4pm

CAMBRIDGE RETAIL PK
NEWMARKET ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 8WR
Tel. 01223 454280
Sunday - 10am - 5pm

Find your nearest Halfords Store

Mark

 

Lug nut sockets look very much like Torx sockets. I don't know if they are compatable.

19mm Lug Socket


Torx socket


If all else fails you could hammer the nearest size Torx socket on. It might hold just long enough to tighten the lugs up.

Mark

 

Thanks Mark knew you and Tiny would know the answer

 

off the KWIK FIT

 

Well ?

They say no news is good news ??

Lets hope so

 

so iwent to quick fit and let me tell you about my adventure! first they stripped one of the lugs trying to get it off with a reg socket...so then they put on somthing called a "taskmaster"it looks like a socket but has threads inside(like an inside out screw) they threaded it onto the lugnut and when it couldent go ant further the lug had no choice but to come off... then we had to get that lug out of the socket which it was threaded into... we did so with a bench vice and the air ratchet.... oh fun!!!! that worked about 3times without a hitch... then the lugs stopped coming out of the taskmaster socket thingy....so out came the OXY TORCH heated them up... those nuts come out like butter... but to cool the taskmaster down after ...the bloke poured cold water on it... i thought to myself "this isent gonna last long"...it diddnt the next time it snapped... so next he tryed welding a regular nut to the end of the lug.... that diddnt work so then we heated up a reg socket(one size smaller) until it glowed red.... hammered it on the lug... waited for it to cool and that baby came right off, then we threw away the socket/lug combo the next lug didnt work for some reason with the air ratchet using the same method so the guy fings the most petite socket wrench he has and starts "gorrilla arming the thing" socket tooth breakes off in the socket .... so the genius grabs a pliers and low and behold.... before i could stop him...one scratched WORK Wheel...bronze CR-Kai's..... here is what it used to look like


workwheelsusa


but somhow he got that off and used the previous meathod on the last bugger and now their off... so 40quid and one scratched 450$ wheel later.... ive got the stock wheels and tires back on... i will never use lockable lugs again(especially if they dont sell the lock within 5000 miles)

 

Sorry to hear the distress it caused but at least your on the road

 

Those lug nuts of yours must have been done up tight. Had they not been off lately? If they were done up with an impact air wrench then you will have had trouble. Try a dab of copper slip grease on the threads to help ease things for next time.

You may find this of interest. A lot of people use the McGard lock nuts or lock bolts.

Performance Alloys.com - Wheel Lock Nuts, Lock Bolts, Alloy Wheel Nuts & Bolts, McGard Locking Wheel Nuts

Mark

 

oh **** .. thats the ones i needed.. bloodyhell i could have used them this afternoon

 

anyone know where to get a bronze alloy wheel touched up(1inch and 1/2 scratch)

 

ChipsAway Cambridge Cheap, local & they come to you.

Get Smart! Cheap, local & they come to you.

AWR - The alloy wheel refurbishment company, UK, repair and colouring specialists for alloy wheels. More expensive specialist about 50 miles from you.
AWR
78 Great Cambridge Road
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
EN8 8PA
Tel: 01992 624433

I have not used any of these companies so can give no personal feed back on them.

Mark

 

Hope you send the invoice to kwik fit seeing as he scratched it