60DISCO
Member Since: 27 Oct 2016
Location: Northampton
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Need to change all nuts, swollen. Which are best the alloy of stainless covered ones- both available on the various sales sites?
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 7th Feb 2017 6:40 pm |
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frenchy
Member Since: 05 Dec 2007
Location: Liverpool
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I need to replace mine as well..... changed the wheel today and needed a 21mm, 22mm, 23mm and 24mm socket to accomodate all the various degrees of swelling and missing caps  2000 D2 TD5 - big red tractor no longer with us
2006 D3 - no longer with us and sadly missed
2010 D4 alas no more, but a lovely colour (Nara)
2016 D4 about to depart
2022 DS nearly...........
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| 8th Feb 2017 11:15 pm |
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Alan B
Member Since: 12 Feb 2013
Location: Fife
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Just get them from a reputable place like advanced factors,
Buy cheap ones and you'll need another set soon.
Only downside of the black ones ( no matter from where ) the paint starts flaking off after they've been removed a couple of times  D3 57 xs Stornaway grey
D2 02 commercial silver gone but a great servant and won't be forgotten
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| 9th Feb 2017 8:15 am |
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IOM man
Member Since: 03 Nov 2013
Location: Peel
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My D3 has solid black wheel nuts and when I replaced the locking nuts I could only get nuts with covers on them which have now swollen
Any idea where I can get the solid nuts from?
Thanks Current:
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Gone but not forgotten:
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| 9th Feb 2017 8:28 am |
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adam
Member Since: 20 Sep 2005
Location: Home and Happy
Posts: 6917
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AF - site sponsor - bought mine nearly 2 years ago - all good
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| 9th Feb 2017 8:53 am |
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60DISCO
Member Since: 27 Oct 2016
Location: Northampton
Posts: 188
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My new set of Stainless one arrived this morning from my local supplier JGS4X4, Allmakes parts, made in India.
Now all I have to do is get the old swollen ones off and fit the new shiny ones. The few good ones on at the moment (can get a 22mm socket on) will go in the spares box.
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| 9th Feb 2017 12:28 pm |
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Peter ndlovu
Member Since: 28 Mar 2017
Location: Bradford West Yorkshire Bd4 9dj
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Looking for a lock nut key to remove wheels for balancing. Bought the car last week
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| 28th Mar 2017 7:09 pm |
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Peter ndlovu
Member Since: 28 Mar 2017
Location: Bradford West Yorkshire Bd4 9dj
Posts: 2
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Looking for a lock nut key to remove wheels for balancing
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| 28th Mar 2017 7:10 pm |
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JMack
Member Since: 02 Aug 2014
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 1517
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Your best option is probably a LR dealer.
Are you sure it's not stashed somewhere in the car?
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| 28th Mar 2017 9:53 pm |
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DiscoNels
Member Since: 14 May 2013
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Posts: 333
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Last year while at the tire shop getting new boots put on I was informed my nuts were swollen and was offered replacements that were solid piece (no caps). I looked at them and they were identical. When I asked how much they were the girl said they were on sale for $2.00 USD each (Regularly $3.00 USD each). I just about fell out of my chair and said "I'll take 25 of them please!". So, for $50 USD I got a complete set including spares.
I swap between my off-road wheels and street wheels multiple times each year and have not had a single issue with these lug nuts. Only thing I didn't like was they were chrome, but they look good with my alloys and even in our salted winter climate they're not rusting and they hold their torque which I check often.
I bought my nuts from a large chain store called Discount Tire and have since seen something similar here on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZQ7XNJW?tag=viglink23049-20 (Note: I saved this seller in my shopping list back in July 2016 and at that time the listing was for a full set 20 lug nuts for maybe $100 USD, now they are trying to sell 1 lug nut for $10 USD. Somebody wised up to the fact that LR people pay top $$ for these things so shop around, they exist)
Highly recommend the SOLID lug nuts, stop wasting money on nuts that will inevitably be swollen 12 months from now. 1998 Discovery LSE - Gold, 249,000+ miles, completely stock
2007 Range Rover SC - White, 63,000 mi
2006 Discovery 3 HSE - Locking E-Diff, Rover Specialties rock sliders, 275/65/18 Cooper STT PRO, LLAMS suspension controller, LR Expedition Roof Rack. Asfir Rear Diff, Tactical 4x4 (Gas Tank Skid, Rear Bumper, and Front Bumper w/12K winch), Traxide Split Charge System, Overland Solar + Lensun Solar panels
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| 28th Mar 2017 10:53 pm |
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Madrilleno
Member Since: 13 Oct 2014
Location: Nottingham
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AF supplied me a set of Wheel nuts about two years ago. I have just had to swap the whole lot again. Since learning to drive, I have had about 35 cars and have never purchased a single wheel nut until I bought my Discovery.
OEM, or OEM style nuts are designed to fail in my opinion. The electrolytic action caused by two dissimilar metals in a nice moist environment means that corrosion is inevitable. This is exacerbated by enthusiastic use of electric or pneumatic impact wrenches, the result of which is distortion of the chromed cap, leaving small voids around the nut itself where moisture can linger to accelerate the deterioration.
My thoughts for the future are to use stainless steel nuts. There are two rules for success,
1. Never tell everything you know.
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| 29th Mar 2017 7:10 am |
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RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
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The nut covers are also loosened by the air tools used by tyre places. Having said that I replaced all of mine and one of the covers was slightly loose after I used my hand tools - no air / impact tools used.
The design is just rubbish. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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2008 RRS TDV8
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