tried to take my wheel off yesterday to refit my mud flap. However didnt know my own strength and have broke the wheel nut.

So instead of me being able to do this:



i now have a wheel nut that looks like this:



any ideas on how to get the remainder of the nut undone??


cheers

 

depends how tight it's on there. may be able to get some sort of grips on there. if not could try getting a scredriver on the edge where it's broken and tapping lightly with a hammer to loosen it.

other option and last resort that i can think of would be to drill it out and replace the stud.

 

am gonna to have to try some mole grips me thinks. Have tried the screwdriver route and it just digs into the nut.

cheers

 

It's a bit late but those nuts need a good blob of copper grease when they go on

I can't help matey but I think you need an expert so not to foul the thread.

 

if you need a spare nut i've got a few at home.

 

I had this on an old Golf.
Ended up taking it to Xtreme in Harlow to have it drilled out.
Cost me £5

 

I did the same thing.

I bought some snap on locking wheel nut removers from eBay, bargin £80. Instead of £210!!!!

There like a normal socket, but it has mega shape teeth inside which cut into the bolt allowing you to undo it with a wrench as normal, or an impact wrench if the bolts are firmly stuck.

I got a proper set to do all sort of sizes, but Halford to a set just forcar bolt for £25.

 

for £25 you've always got 'em if it happens again and can rent them out to club members when it happens to them. worth it imo spally.

 

bring it down buddy we'll get it off for you

 

I had this sort of happen to me, took it to a local tyre place, they used a smaller sized socket and a bit of brute strength to remove it.

 

can't knock that offer spally

 

I'll get it off for you

 

Could ask these guys

 

STOP!

Dont touch it any more with any other tools. You'll make it worse.

Internal drive nuts are crap for this very reason. Seen loads of em break like this. The material look poor quality, this is why they have shattered. If you hit it with anything else it will just break again and will leave you with even less material to try and do anything with.

Take it to a proper garage who can drill out the centre of the stud for you and then have the stud replaced.

Once its off, put some high quality external drive nuts on there and copperslip the threads beforehand.

 

cheers matey, when's good for you??

Frayz, cheers for that once this is off will get a new set all round so hopefully it dosent happen again.

cheers all.

 

Will always remember spending a day drilling out 8 locking wheel nuts for a friend after they lost BOTH the keys.

 

Whenever m8

 

what time will you be there tomorrow morning?

 

8.15

 

wish i could start that late

 

ok matey, will head over in the morning if that's ok

 

3 miles from work m8 get up at 8

 

You luck B'Stard