Member Since: 14 Jul 2020
Location: Frankreich.
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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.
2nd Jun 2022 12:33 pm
riverblanche
Member Since: 31 Aug 2010
Location: retford'ish
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Hi,
its stamped on the end of the socket
you know the one you've lost
ask any other Disco owner you know to try theirs and hopefully you will be lucky with the first few you try
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
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Location: Notts.
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Post a photo of the lock stud and you may get lucky It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
2nd Jun 2022 1:35 pm
MikeO
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I managed to work mine out by browsing eBay listings...2016 Skoda Octavia VRS Estate
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2nd Jun 2022 2:22 pm
Satamax
Member Since: 14 Jul 2020
Location: Frankreich.
Posts: 34
Ok, thanks a lot guys.
I'll try to post a pic.
3rd Jun 2022 7:53 am
Satamax
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Guys, is this one Boris? (Godunov)
3rd Jun 2022 3:42 pm
Danns
Member Since: 24 Nov 2021
Location: England
Posts: 10
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
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?!?
24th Jun 2022 8:37 am
Satamax
Member Since: 14 Jul 2020
Location: Frankreich.
Posts: 34
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!
24th Jun 2022 9:08 am
riverblanche
Member Since: 31 Aug 2010
Location: retford'ish
Posts: 2226
Danns wrote:
5) take the 17mm twist socket and bash over the splined shaft and undo?!?
Hi,
there called Irwin stud extractors removers
which was one of my early attempts to remove 1 of my Nuts
the socket broke (toolstation)
so went to local garage to use their Snapon socket it broke
it twas on VERY tight, drilled it off ...... eventually
Member Since: 24 Nov 2021
Location: England
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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!)
24th Jun 2022 3:08 pm
Dave T
Member Since: 03 Jul 2009
Location: Glasgow
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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!Joined the BMWX5 45e group
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24th Jun 2022 3:55 pm
riverblanche
Member Since: 31 Aug 2010
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Hi,
Irwin is a brand, most know them as "Irwin extractors" they are Fluted sockets for stud extraction
they ones I used were both 1/2 drive and both of them broke (the socket not the wheel nut) using a breaker bar.
Member Since: 14 Jul 2020
Location: Frankreich.
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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.
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