Locknut removal

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

Oh **** there's a key?!?!?!?!?!?!

Yip, you have gone and broken the thing... school fees for you

 

[icantchooseone]

@abudabi

i assume you bought the car like that ? i also assume theres one on each wheel ?

 

[Crowley]

 

[abudabi]

Yeah there's not much clearance around it and will probably damage the wheel. I've contemplated the welding thing as well but thinking that will also mess up the wheel... I only have a stick welder and my welding is not great.

I've bought the replacement set already so don't care what happens to these ones. Guess I'm phoning the benoni bros.

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[airborne]

Yeah there's not much clearance around it and will probably damage the wheel. I've contemplated the welding thing as well but thinking that will also mess up the wheel... I only have a stick welder and my welding is not great.

I've bought the replacement set already so don't care what happens to these ones. Guess I'm phoning the benoni bros.

Thanks for the suggestions.

What happened, have you fried the ecu yet or sent the vehicle up in flames??!

 

[icantchooseone]

@abudabi

did you find the key for the other 3 wheels ?

 

[FiestaST]

Yeah, wanted to know the outcum

 

[Rickster]

Drill 2 holes in the indented disc, each opposite each other, then stick 2 thick nails/bolts in it, use a screwdriver to lever the two nails/bolts.

 

[FiestaST]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2099079387828150599

 

[upup]

There is video's on you tube how to do this.

 

[Claymore]

thats a bit of a myth to a degree btw - about removing the battery before welding.

My daughter's Getz went to a panel beater a few years back. After getting it back, a couple of days later there were low oil pressure warnings. Turns out the main bearings had basically welded themselves to the crankshaft, and were shredded.

 

[Binary_Bark]

 

[Willy Strong]

https://www.youtube.com/@JunkyDIYguy/videos

Maybe?

 

[Hemi300c]

Just drill it out and replace the lug.

 

[repitah]

Just drill it out and replace the lug.

^ That ^

Did the same with a steering wheel bolt (red threadlocker and high torque value). Get the center, drill with a small bit to a depth just beyound the where the bolt meets the rim. Drill as square as possible. Then drill out with progressively bigger bits. At some point, the material lost will cause the bolt to sheer where it meets the rim and there goes the tension, making it easy to unscrew the bolt

 

[abudabi]

So ended up using kingofthreads. Came out and removed all 5 (spare wheel also had one
) and set me back R1500

 

[Dimpie (JIGSAW)]

eina

 

[qscwbt]

easy fix buy a spare cheap socket . hammer it on as far as you can get in on. then weld the inside of the net to the socket. It will give extra hold and the heat will break it loose.