Lock Nuts

[philta]

ok, need to change rotors so i decided to do it myself to save some $$$ and learn something (not that i didnt know how already)

first prob i ran into was taking wheel off sure enough. but they were bolted pretty hard soo i got out a long lever arm and try to turn it (NO I DID NOT STAND ON IT) first nut cracked on me, so i went hunting around and cant find anything with a key as long as the original one to reach my dish rims. found a single odd one at mr mag after 1.5hrs of driving around places. and 25 bux down hoping the original key would fit into my new set but no.

come back got all nuts off but 3, and the last three of them f**KED up on me again!!

COULD ANY!!! PLEASE help me on where to find 12mm /1.25mm nissan lock nuts such as the ones pictured.

PLEASE!!!! with long key so i can put the wheel on.

Edited April 22, 2006 by philta

[Dizmo]

Why dont u try to take the last 3 off.?

One way that i have got rusted locknuts off is to drill say a 6mm hole in the centre. Buy ur self a lefthand thread tap and tap a thred into the lock nut. buy some high tensile steel bolts and screw them in. attach a socket wreng or level bar to the head of the bolt. When u apply torque to the bolt it wont undo because they are trying to tighten. Be careful though not to drill into the wheel stud. Then buy urself some new nuts and 1 set of descent locknuts.

ive done it works even on rusted locknuts and it works.

C how u go if not then u might be able to buy soem of ebay or somewhere in japan still might sell them.

[philta]

ive tried to take the last 3 off, but since its "stretched" i ran the key too, i dont want to wear the teeth out on my key since i got another 8 nuts at teh back to take off, so for now ill take it to a tyre place so see if they can take it off rather than buying more shit just to take of the nuts. ill look for ones with a long key, then ill just change all 16 of them.

thanks for teh suggestion, that will be my last resort to getting them off, does any1 knows any store that deal with these japanese lock nuts??

Edited April 22, 2006 by philta

[7yphon]

This is what happens when you let tire places rachet your tires, always tell them NOT TOO!! get them to do them up by hand