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Invalid or non-existent item ID.Having been stymied by a set of wheel nuts that just wouldn't undo on several occasions I decided to invest in one of these.


I have seen this one mentioned elsewhere and having now received and tried it, I can say that it made short work of the stubborn wheel nuts. It has also been used successfully to loosen that bottom pulley bolt during belt changes, balljoints and hub nuts.


ps Woops sorry guys...Looks like I got the last one of the current batch, but I'm sure he'll get some more.

Invalid or non-existent item ID.looks like the same one

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david aiketgate wrote: wrote:

Having been stymied by a set of wheel nuts that just wouldn't undo on several occasions I decided to invest in one of these.


I have seen this one mentioned elsewhere and having now received and tried it, I can say that it made short work of the stubborn wheel nuts. It has also been used successfully to loosen that bottom pulley bolt during belt changes, balljoints and hub nuts.


ps Woops sorry guys...Looks like I got the last one of the current batch, but I'm sure he'll get some more.

I have always put copper grease on the threads of the wheel nuts Never put them on dry!!! ~ i always torque them up to the correct pressures with a torque wrench, especially after the tyre fitters have welded them on with their air wrenches set on maximum!!!! i also have an extending wheel nut wrench and a good quality long socket. Be careful with the locking nuts as the impact guns can bugger the keys. Brown & Gammons are now selling spare keys for the MGF & TF locking nuts, providing you know the code.

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bryan young wrote: wrote:

david aiketgate wrote: wrote:

Having been stymied by a set of wheel nuts that just wouldn't undo on several occasions I decided to invest in one of these.


I have seen this one mentioned elsewhere and having now received and tried it, I can say that it made short work of the stubborn wheel nuts. It has also been used successfully to loosen that bottom pulley bolt during belt changes, balljoints and hub nuts.


ps Woops sorry guys...Looks like I got the last one of the current batch, but I'm sure he'll get some more.

I have always put copper grease on the threads of the wheel nuts Never put them on dry!!! ~ i always torque them up to the correct pressures with a torque wrench, especially after the tyre fitters have welded them on with their air wrenches set on maximum!!!! i also have an extending wheel nut wrench and a good quality long socket. Be careful with the locking nuts as the impact guns can bugger the keys. Brown & Gammons are now selling spare keys for the MGF & TF locking nuts, providing you know the code.

I dumped the standard locking nuts ages ago. They appear to be made of very soft alloy, and the key is also poor quality. I swapped to McGards. Had to use a socket hammered on to get the originals off after the key disintegrated.

What / how does an impact driver do / work ? guessing its for the really stuborn nuts

Psymon wrote: wrote:

What / how does an impact driver do / work ? guessing its for the really stuborn nuts

Yep. You can also use it to remove those stubborn disc retaining screws when replacing brakes.

It acts as a hammer/unscrewer.(made up word)
Imagine being able to hit a nut and undo it in one action.

This gadget does that for you. It also allows you to tighten nuts to a specified torque.

Or like a Hamdriver

Psymon wrote: wrote:

Or like a Hamdriver

I thought that was a Mississippi pig farmer

Tigger wrote: wrote:

Psymon wrote: wrote:

Or like a Hamdriver

I thought that was a Mississippi pig farmer

Or the man in the cab of a Danish bacon lorry.

Got one of the 12v jobbies from Machinemart, fantastic bit of kit.

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david aiketgate wrote: wrote:

bryan young wrote: wrote:

david aiketgate wrote: wrote:

Having been stymied by a set of wheel nuts that just wouldn't undo on several occasions I decided to invest in one of these.


I have seen this one mentioned elsewhere and having now received and tried it, I can say that it made short work of the stubborn wheel nuts. It has also been used successfully to loosen that bottom pulley bolt during belt changes, balljoints and hub nuts.


ps Woops sorry guys...Looks like I got the last one of the current batch, but I'm sure he'll get some more.

I have always put copper grease on the threads of the wheel nuts Never put them on dry!!! ~ i always torque them up to the correct pressures with a torque wrench, especially after the tyre fitters have welded them on with their air wrenches set on maximum!!!! i also have an extending wheel nut wrench and a good quality long socket. Be careful with the locking nuts as the impact guns can bugger the keys. Brown & Gammons are now selling spare keys for the MGF & TF locking nuts, providing you know the code.

I dumped the standard locking nuts ages ago. They appear to be made of very soft alloy, and the key is also poor quality. I swapped to McGards. Had to use a socket hammered on to get the originals off after the key disintegrated.

I have McGards on my Honda as i too managed to damage the key and one nut on the original Honda ones.