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Satamax
 


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Anti theft nut socket code?

Hi guys.

Well, i misplaced or lost the anti theft bolt's socket. On my 2005 SE seven.

How do you know the code, to buy a replacement socket, in order to remove those bolts ? I want to get rid of those. I'm on 17 most of the time.

Thanks a lot guys.
  
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Hi,

its stamped on the end of the socket Thumbs Up


you know the one you've lost Rolling Eyes


ask any other Disco owner you know to try theirs and hopefully you will be lucky with the first few you try Exclamation

or try your local garage many have a full set of sockets if they work on them regular
no doubt main dealer can do the same but may well be 1 hours minimum labour charge Shocked

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Post a photo of the lock stud and you may get lucky Thumbs Up
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Ok, thanks a lot guys.

I'll try to post a pic.
  
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I've just been thru the exact same drama following a flat, has been on my list of things to sort, but I don't have a dealer near me to go and figure out which socket code it is.

In short, you can cut all 4 off in around 1.5 hours for around £60 depending on if you need to buy any tools (the first one did take me 4 hours to figure though!)

is repeated on this site in many place

You'll need;
This set of sockets (you get 2 goes with this.. 17mm for the splined shaft 27mm for the outside of nut if it fails) as a bonus they are 1/2 drive too!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01LAY...&psc=1

This multitool (no need to buy additional disks has flex drive too!)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08GXX...&psc=1

1) Cut/grind slot radially out from the centre of wheel on the hardened head
2) make sure 1) is cut really deep especially on end closest to centre of wheel
3) Take a pin punch /chisel / something small, hardened and tapered and hammer into end of slot closest to centre of wheel. If nothing much is happening see 2) again
4) hardened cap will either split in 2 or come loose and can be pulled off
5) take the 17mm twist socket and bash over the splined shaft and undo
6) if 5 doesn't work, take the 27mm socket and put over the outside of the now exposed non hardened part of locking wheel nut
7) put locking wheel nuts in the bin


Don't be tempted to try use the 27mm on the outside of the wheel nut without cutting the hardened cap of first.. it just wont work.

As I say, first one took me 4 hours, 2nd one 30 mins and by the 4th I was down to 15 mins.

Steady hand with the flex shaft and you can get away with zero wheel damage.
I didn't need any additional cutting/grinding disks over what came with the kit.

Alternatively... apparently a dealer can source the key for you for a lot less than the above... but where's the fun in that?!?
  
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Hi Danns.

Thanks a lot for the reply.

I have broken one, previously, with an impact driver.

I cut the dome of the hardened head with an angle grinder. And weld the hardened head remains to the splined shaft. I still had the socket.

Now, the plan is to do the same. And weld a nut, or bolt head onto the remaining ones. And throw those into the trash!
  
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Danns wrote:

5) take the 17mm twist socket and bash over the splined shaft and undo?!?


Hi,

there called Irwin stud extractors removers Thumbs Up

which was one of my early attempts to remove 1 of my Nuts Shocked
the socket broke Shocked (toolstation)
so went to local garage to use their Snapon socket Very Happy it broke Censored
it twas on VERY tight, drilled it off ...... eventually

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Set I’ve linked isn’t Irwin

They are called “Grip n Twist” socket

It has a better size range for this exact job and is 1/2” drive vs 3/8 which is what all the Irwin ones appeared to be.

Unless of course this went over my head and you used one to remove a broken Irwin one!

First one I did was on bloody tight and had to jump on end of breaker bar to loosen it, the 17mm one lost its grip, but the 27mm one worked a charm. (And survived!)
  
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I went to a local Indy when I broke my key along with plain nuts. Took about 10 minutes to remove them as yo7 don’t 3rd need to jack up. The dealer wanted an hours labour and would do it in a fortnight!
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Hi,

Irwin is a brand, most know them as "Irwin extractors" they are Fluted sockets for stud extraction Thumbs Up

they ones I used were both 1/2 drive and both of them broke (the socket not the wheel nut) using a breaker bar.

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Guys, i did it lumberjack style.




Cut a square in the middle, with an angle grinder. Weld the cap with the bolt; unscrew with a metal chisel and lump hammer. Altogether, it took less than an hour, and i didn't have to weld one of those.

Hope this helps the future disco users.
  
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