I seem to have lost my wheel locking nut and need to get the wheels off as I'm running dangerously low on my front brake pads.

It's after market locking bolts so the fiat one won't fit.

I've had a tool machined to try and remove these bolts, but to no avail and the removal tools you can buy on the net are rubbish apart form the proper ones costing over £150.

Does anyone one here in the London/Surrey area have any means to remove a wheel locking bolt? I will of course pay towards petrol and a few beers, but I'm really stuck.

if you go to any tyre shop they should have an impact tool to remove the locking wheel nuts , i had it done to the jag 2 weeks ago for a £10 to remove all 4 nuts as i fccuk'ed the locking nut key .

the locking wheen nut removers work well i thought as long as u hammer them on enough also could try using easy outs if u fancy drilling them yourself i did this on a saxo take a bit of time but cost about £3

Iain, I've just been to a tyre shop and the guy couldn't help me either.

If it's at all possible for space you can weld a bolt on to the nuts.

It's not unfortunately. I don't want to damage my alloys.

I'm going to take it to another garage in the morning and see if they can help.

What loving bolts have you got??

I've got some turbo sockets that work a treat!!!

I've got McGard locking bolts in mine.

How I lost that key is beyond me!!

You think your turbo sockets would work on these Marco?

Mcguards are the hardest to remove. The outer shell of the locking bolt spins, so its impossible for anything to grip.

Kwik fit offer removal at £5 per wheel, but they will most likely fail on the mcguards.

You are most likely going to suffer some damage to the alloys too inside where the removal tool slides on.

Drilling is the safest option to preserve your wheels, but it takes a very long time to get through the bolt, and the hot metal shards flying out may harm the finish of your wheels - they get VERY hot.

I've had these off many times before and I'm sure they don't spin. I tried the Halfords reverse thread jobbies. They caught when banged on with a hammer, but wouldn't grip enough to actually remove the bolt.

all of the mcgards ive used spin, and i have new sets in stock that do the same. Its to prevent people banging on a socket and undoing the locking bolts.

chisel the outer shell off

or as said drill its easier with easy outs as u drill a small hole then thread the easy out in these work very well as the harder you tur clockwise the tighter it fits in and turns the nut anti at the asame time

You can get new locking nuts/sockets from McGard, I did this for my Volvo.

https://www.wheellockkeys.com/homepage/deutschland/englisch/bestellung.php

I don't have the time Flea. After I get these out, I will never bother with locking bolts again.

Bloody things.

see if anyone nearby has a Dynomec kit ( used one at work ) did the business EVENTUALLY on my E class.

Be wary of drilling, as this makes it worse, as you harden the steel even more sometimes !! ( unless you use a REALLY good bit, not that HSS shit. Stellite / TIN, but even they will struggle ).

If you can heat it up, you may get it started, but it all depends on how much you value the alloy wheel attached to it !!

been there, done it, what a nightmare ! 1st port of call would be to buy a NEW key & really hammer it in & try that 1st !!

I had the rotating portion of my mcgards welded then used a chisel, an impact drive and hey presto.

Took a while though!

I can't get near the bolt to weld anything on as it sits quite deep in the alloy, and I don't want to knacker my alloy.

i have a welder and the locking nut remover sockets if u need bud

Well I've finally managed to get these bastards out!!!!!!!!!!!!

After visiting 4 garages that hummed and harred, I took it to the garage that did my MOT.

The guy came out with a turbo socket(thanks Marco) and took all 4 locking bolts out in less than 10 minutes.

I'm so happy.

Death to all locking nuts/bolts!!!

Who the daddy!!!

Well, a little more help when I needed it yesterday would have been better.

It looks to me that they were doing exactly what they were meant to do and doing it rather well judging by the hassle you had getting them off......

Lesson here is don't lose the bloody keys!!

Not really. With the right tools they came off in no time. I'm sure a thief would have all the right bits.

Famous last words before biggy finds his coop on bricks

Mate where I'm from, you're an outsider if you haven't found your car on bricks at least once!

Won't have locking wheel nuts anywhere near me now. I spent £190 a year ago getting 2 siezed wheel nuts (the ones with the collars) off a vauxhall frontera. After being quoted silly money by main dealer I bought some turbo nuts and impact drivers and had a go myself - and probably made it worse. Then took it to a local indi garage who claimed they could do it and who subsequently spent 3 days breaking various removal devices of theirs and in the end resorted to a cold chisel to cut them out (together with chucks of the alloys).
3 months later the head gasket went (probably not connected despite the violence inflicted) and had to sell it for little more than scrap in any case. How I hate cars.