My car is fitted with Mcguard locking wheel nuts, today while it was sunny i thought of rotating the wheels because of wear and found that one of the locking wheel nuts would not budge, so in the process of trying to remove it i have scratched the f**k out of my 4 month old PFF7's and completely buggered the head of the nut, admitting defeat i took it to 2 local tyre shop who both failed to remove the little f**ker and added a few more marks on the rim for good measure.

So the question is does anyone know someone that can get the useless piece of s**t of my wheel?

Know wonder Mcgard are so effective at stopping thieves from nicking your wheels, the only problem is they also stop you from removing them.

 

yhpm

 

Air chiesel

 

Does anyone else have Mcgard locking wheel nuts?

Is this a common problem?

TIA

Buck

 

Well i managed to remove the locking wheel nut today using the method ticky suggested.


In my moment of jubilation i did'nt think of the implications of posting the method used,

 

there was a reason ticky sent you the instruction via PM

 

Roru, muck like Ray's point I'd have kept the method of success quiet! Might be worth editing your post to remove the statement.

Kevin

 

I agree with both Ray & The Hulk.
RoRu you do need to edit some part of your post.

 

Same problem here, can anyone help ?

 

Dunk,

first try tightening the other wheel nuts so that it relieves some of the pressure on the one that is stuck. hopefully that'll be enough to undo it.

If you manage to remove it, put some copper grease on the threads to stop them seizing again.

Stefan

 

Thanks Stefan, I'll give it a go when I get in.

Anyone know what the above 'magic' solution is ? A PM would be really appreciated.

 

yhpm

 

Handbook advises against greasing threads. This alters design intent of torque setting on clean dry thread and may overstress bolts on tightening.

 

That's interesting; I'll check what mine says. Thanks for the heads-up

 

So it does. Thanks again for pointing that out.

 

Subaru Assistance are on the case (bit cheeky to call them, I know )

Anyway, no luck so far with the suggested methods or with a reverse thread cutter, which just grips the outer case and spins Looks like she may be heading for the workshop to have it drilled out.

 

ok i have problems do a search....anyway my method was get a diamond drill bit or som1 who has 1, a strong drill, a grinder to sharpen the drill bit then drill the fecking stud!!!!! it works! i know i had to get my mcguards off

cong

 

I had a problem with mine a while back see here;

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=419816

ticky if you have some pearls of wisdom I would appreciate it if you could PM me and I will bear it in mind if I have a problem in the future.

Damian.

 

a company called dynomec do a locking wheel nut remover,i bought a kit a £125 as i have a few cars that have needed it, if you do not want to buy the kit phone dynomec and they will be able to tell you of a guy in your area that will be able to remove it,cost circa £10 per wheel, maybe slightly more a the blade he will use on the mac guards are disposable ones,costing £5 each blade.one blade will do all 4 nuts as it moulds itself into the nut.hope this helps.

 

yhpm

 

Massive thanks to Walldonway Subaru in Maidstone who managed to drill the offending article off of my car today . . . . totally free of charge

Also had a free hire car from Subaru Assistance for the 2 days I was without my car. Top service

 

Hi all,

After googleing it seems that maybe one of you guys may be able help with Mcguard wheel nuts.
Just got the car from a dealer and found the key is missing, dealer is refusing to help.
Sorry to bring this thread back after 3 years but any pearls of wisdom appreciated.

 

If you've only just got the car then I'd say the dealer is fully responsible for resolution. The car won't be much use at the first puncture. Have you searched the car well, key might be hidden somewhere or in the bottom of the small plastic tool bag. I'd have another go at them and/or contact trading standards. Are they the standard nuts or the ultra ones with the hardened steel spinner.

Failing that the easiest advice is to take it to your local tyre depot as they're generally used to dealing with this sort of thing.

 

Unfortunatly they are the Ultra nuts, with the spinner. There's hardly any clearence around the nut so driving a socket on won't work.

The dealer has offered to pay for removel now, so just need to find a willing tyre place. Tried Kwik Fit but they were not keen to get involved.

.

 

Never rated Kwik Fit. Sounds like a job for your yellow pages.

 

Hi All, just thought I would put my experiences here as these little horrors seem to be a problem for loads of people and I gained some valuable info from this thread,
First off, if your key gets mangled you wont get the nuts off, you will probably ruin the rest trying, New mccards are anything from just over £20 to about £40 trying to get a new key is a pain, Halfords sell a laser tool to remove these things, it is a reverse thread device 9 brand name Laser) which actually fits the mcgard perfectly, you screw it on to the mcgard anticlockwise and keep going till the bolt comes out, then grind a couple of flats on the conical bit of the bolt, and stick it Firmly in a vice, proceed then with a T bar in the laser to whack it clockwise to remove the laser from the mcgard, you can then repeat with the next one ( I replaced all of my mcgards after one broke and knackered the key) a new key from mcgard is 18 euros, which might do the job but the laser tool from Halfords is £10-99, a new set of locking wheel bolts (not mcgard, but wolfrace) was £3-50 plus postage (ebay), last tip, try tightening the other wheel bolts by an extra 20lbs to ease the pressure on the stuck mcgard, afterwards re tighten them all to the proper torque setting.
This tool even worked with the broken mcgard ( one third of the top rim missing)
above all don't panic, I guess halfords does have its uses after all.

 

Reverse thread types will only remove some types of locking nut, a company called Dynomec has a tool that will remove all nuts, but it is only available to the trade. If you give them a call on 01977 520666, they will give you the address of any places near to you that have their tool. (I don't work for them, just found them on the net last week after having a problem myself).

 

I've got the same problem too - Ticky, can you pm me? I'm in the west midlands so are you a trader who offers this as a service?

Cheers,

 

Got the same problem.

cant bloody find my key/socket .

 

BTTT