Locknut removal

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.
 
abudabi said:
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.
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What happened, have you fried the ecu yet or sent the vehicle up in flames??!
 
Steamy Tom said:
thats a bit of a myth to a degree btw - about removing the battery before welding.
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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.
 
Hemi300c said:
Just drill it out and replace the lug.
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^ 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
 
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