They are the first thing I take off my carsGlad to hear you got the locker off.
Why do we need locks on road cars nowadays? Can’t remember the last time I heard of alloy wheels being stolen.
Got it off quite easily actually, managed to prise apart the spinning collar that was really soft metal, once that was off I just hammered on a 19mm socket and it undid no mither, got a couple of new nuts from GSF.
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Good old McGards. POS. Best removed and placed in a skip.
By the sounds of it, they did try a decent quality removal tool, which if it didn't shift them, then it's going to take a bit/lot of effort to shift them.
I've not had to deal with them for a long time, but I'm sure @premmington has shared his techniques before.
Those sets are not great and very slow work in a dremel, better in a die grinder, however I dont think any of them are small enough to get access that will actually work.
I think my approach would be stick a 6mm pilot drill the bolt and then a small holesaw, or even, might be quickest to drill the head off and extract the rest with a pipe wrench after the wheel is free.
I wouldnt want to weld anything connected to car, just incase electrics get fried.
Along with radio codes and immobilisersLocking wheel nuts are the biggest pain in the motor trade
Not a fan of Laser tools, I had the misfortune to need to ring their helpline about a product, put it this way, helpline was the wrong terminology.Which laser tool? Just so I can avoid in future.. i had one of their stud remover chucks and that was useless.
As the spinny bit is off, Id suggest grinding a small flat and knocking it round with a cold chisel.
Which laser tool? Just so I can avoid in future.. i had one of their stud remover chucks and that was useless.
As the spinny bit is off, Id suggest grinding a small flat and knocking it round with a cold chisel.