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Hi all

Have a C5 Citrion 2001 model

How ever i dont have a wheel lock nut thingy to remove the lock nuts..

Citrion said they want 50 plus vat for it....

Case of wtf..

So does one know of a way to get these things removed....

This is one that i found in the spare tyre when i came to locate the nut thingy

so any help please

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Tyre depots have a kind of tapered spline socket that in conjunction with an impact wrench makes short work of them.
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Yep, try a tyre depot, then replace the locking nuts with ordinary ones.
Sorry, but these day's nobody wants to nick a 12 year old car wheel.
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or try the likes of these

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=locking+whe ... l&tbm=shop" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

the other option is two bricks :yikes: :shock: :twisted: :roll: :wink:

you just have to watch your thumbs :rofl2: :-D :wink:
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..or weld a nut onto it.

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Tried all these things on my dear departed c5 with no joy. The outer bit of the bolt which guides the extractor on breaks off, leaving a worse problem. My only solution was a Good going electric drill, quite a few drill bits and lots of swear words. X4. These kind of lockers are the most despicable things I have ever seen, with maybe the exception of the ex wife. Drill them out, chuck them and replace. Much the same as wifes really :shock: :rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2:
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Are these nuts or studs?
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studs
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Ah, OK. Wondered how Davie could drill out a nut.
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First thing I remove from my cars are the locking nuts.
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When I had this problem I took it to my local tyre shop and they had them all off in less than ten minutes, not charged a penny, a special tool and a lump hammer did the trick.
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ej2095 wrote:studs
they are bolts actually :roll: :-D :rofl2: :wink:

but sounds like David has had experience of nuts also :shock: :twisted: :yikes: :-D :wink:
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local tyre place by me are crap...

any recommadations near the dudley/tipton area in teh midlands
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I had 2 out of the four pins broken on the locking nut for my C5 X7 Tourer and I only found out when trying to remove the wheels for brake checking soon after purchase. My solution was to hacksaw 2 short pieces off the shank of a 4mm drill the same length of the remaining pins, jam them into the nut holes and use an impact driver to remove the locking nuts. It took a few blows on each nut but eventually they came out...

I have to confess I did purchase a new genuine set of locking nuts from my local dealership (where the car came from originally) at £50 but I made sure that they were well copaslipped before fitting and were done up with a torque wrench to the correct torque (force of habit after working in the automotive test environment!!). I will take these off before going anywhere near a tyre fitting bay...windy guns eat these type of locking nuts for breakfast, breaking pins and deforming the corresponding cutaways on the locking bolt (just like Discovery/Freelander ones used to :evil: )...

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got 3 off... last one as always being a sod... BUT i go the one off i needed to as tyre was looking a tad dangerous
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