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2014 Discovery XXV
1961 Series 2
21st Oct 2020 6:31 pm
darrind
Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: In A World of My Own!
Posts: 2863
If you don't have breakdown cover that will sort it for you -
Check if you can remove the other locking nuts first, if so remove the locking nuts on the other 3 wheels - then it gives you more options to force the tool with a large hammer before you destroy the locking tool removing the stuck one. If you have removed the other 3 locking nuts, an option is to give the back of the tool a good clout with a club hammer onto the offending stuck one and try to remove then with a breaker bar. Don't use an impact tool to try to break it free though!
If that fails get a small chisel as mentioned elsewhere to remove the ring then force a socket onto what's left.
ALWAYS BIN THE CRAPPY LANDROVER LOCKING WHEEL NUTSMust stop buying shiny toys....
21st Oct 2020 7:54 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72787
Yep, bin yer lockers.
21st Oct 2020 8:21 pm
CongoBoy
Member Since: 05 Mar 2019
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 525
Back in the day, having spent more than 18 hours chiselling off a up locking wheel nut on my flat-tyre on my Disco 1 in the Congolese Bush with a screwdriver and a big stone, the first thing I now do with ANY new vehicle that I buy; is take off any form of locknut crap that they have on the rims!
I keep it for the spare, if it is positioned on the rear door, only.
I know it doesn't help your current situation, but as already stated!!
REMOVE THE CRAPPY LOCKING WHEEL NUTS!!!2008 D3 HSE Stornoway Grey (UK)
2008 D3 HSE Izmir Blue- South African Spec. (Zimbabwe)
2005 FFRR SC V8- Java Black
1995 D1 300 Tdi Blue - (Sourced from the UK, shipped to Namibia, driven by me to RD Congo, then Zambia, now retired in Zimbabwe)
21st Oct 2020 8:44 pm
IOM man
Member Since: 03 Nov 2013
Location: Peel
Posts: 303
Just had one removed today that had span by a tyre fitter, he drilled it first with a 6, 10 & 12mm drill bit, then chamfered the hole with a dremel and hammered in a spline bit - it undone first go and this cost me £15!!! 😳😳👍
All locking nuts removed and replaced with ordinary LR nuts 👍Current:
2010 Discovery 4 HSE TDV6
2020 Audi Q2 TSFI 40 Aline Quattro Black Edition
2006 Audi RS4 4.2 V8 - Toy in the garage
Gone but not forgotten:
2006 Range Rover Sport HSE TDV6
2018 Lexus NX 300 F Sport Hybrid
2005 Discovery 3 HSE TDV6
2015 Discovery HSE Lux
200 Discovery TDI
300 Discovery TDI
Land Rover 90 2.5 Diesel
Series III SWB Land Rover 2.25 diesel
TD4 Freelander Kalahari
1.8 petrol Freelander
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up locking wheel nut on my flat-tyre on my Disco 1 in the Congolese Bush with a screwdriver and a big stone, the first thing I now do with ANY new vehicle that I buy; is take off any form of locknut crap that they have on the rims!
