Internal drive wheel nut - SPLIT !!!!
01 May 2010, 01:05 PM
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Internal drive wheel nut - SPLIT !!!!
Hi All,
As above, just been changing my nuts for shiny new ones and 1 of the old steel/chromed internal drives has split
- it went when I put it on last week so can't be that tight - but the internal drive socket won't touch it now - slightly too large with the side split 
Any tips ?????? Please
As above, just been changing my nuts for shiny new ones and 1 of the old steel/chromed internal drives has split
- it went when I put it on last week so can't be that tight - but the internal drive socket won't touch it now - slightly too large with the side split Any tips ?????? Please
01 May 2010, 01:16 PM
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Spot weld the adaptor onto the wheel nut, internal wheel nuts are prone to fractures if torqued over 90NM (67 Ib/ft). External wheel nuts are stronger as the force is displaced over a greater surface area.
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01 May 2010, 02:11 PM
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Yeah - welding would/should do it, worried about the wheel though, would a chemical metal type compound join the internal socket enough to loosen it, I wonder, or could I split it further - to "un-wind" it off ?
Wanted to get a torque wrench - just for this type of job !!
Wanted to get a torque wrench - just for this type of job !!
08 May 2010, 05:25 PM
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At last - got this little blighter off !!!!! I tapped the edges - where it had split in 2 places, with a flat blade, putting it more or less back into shape, took a deep breath and "Hammered" a 19mm socket over the nut, thank god it bit and the nut wound off !!!! Happy day 
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If in doubt wack it out - seriously though, if I had done this first, then it would it would have come out with no damage at all !!!
I got a few tool marks now from the previous attempt 
Thanks to Rich for the lend of the removing tool - shame the collar was bigger than the hole as I think that would have worked too
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