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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
Location: Here
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The locking wheel nuts are proving to be a bit of a problem after the salt from the roads. For those of you who have not needed to take off a wheel, you may not know that the top of the locking nut swivels and the key has to turn and fit in the groves.
Rust is stopping the tops from turning and if force is used to turn the top before undoing the nut, it can twist the top off and damage the knurls on the lower part making the nut very difficult to remove.
They are also prone to going very rusty on the shiny surface. I think there is to be a recall on them, but have not seen it yet. LR have already recalled the locking wheel not remover on some vehicles already as it wasn't hardened.
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 11th Jan 2006 5:00 pm |
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Slimer
Site Moderator
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
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BN wrote:LR have already recalled the locking wheel not remover on some vehicles already as it wasn't hardened.
To clarify for anyone that wasn't aware that only affected a bad batch of wheel nut keys marked 'L', there is TSB for it The End
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| 11th Jan 2006 5:04 pm |
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simon.foster
Member Since: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Wakefield
Posts: 110
 
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Uncanny I was about to post a query today. My locking wheel nuts have gone rusty in the past month and the car is only 2 months old!! Disco 3 TDV6HSE Cairns blue auto
Defender 90 300TDi 1997
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| 11th Jan 2006 9:59 pm |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
Location: Here
Posts: 6463
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simon.foster wrote:Uncanny I was about to post a query today. My locking wheel nuts have gone rusty in the past month and the car is only 2 months old!!
I believe if you call in at your dealer they will swap them over whilst you wait as an edict has now been issued.
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| 11th Jan 2006 10:11 pm |
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Nickhearne
Member Since: 28 May 2005
Location: Beaconsfield Bucks
Posts: 992
 
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My nuts are rust free!  Range Rover Sport Estate 2.0 P400e Hse Dynamic Black
D4 HSE Santorini Black
Almond Arabica hide & Walnut trim Now sold
Discovery 3 TDV6 SE
Zambezi Silver Ebony leather Now sold
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| 11th Jan 2006 10:11 pm |
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tucker_j
Member Since: 01 Oct 2005
Location: England
Posts: 203
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All my nuts are rusty  One's on the D3 too!
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| 12th Jan 2006 7:28 pm |
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Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
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Slimer wrote:BN wrote:LR have already recalled the locking wheel not remover on some vehicles already as it wasn't hardened.
To clarify for anyone that wasn't aware that only affected a bad batch of wheel nut keys marked 'L', there is TSB for it
Are all the keys marked 'L' affected, mine has 'L' stamped on it several times?
My handbook also says that there is a serial number on the wheel key and to write it down in case you need another. I have no serial number on the key or listed with documents that came with the car. In fact, most cars I have bought come with a array of key tags with all sorts of codes on them. I got nothing but the key (just the one, extra key fob on its way) and that's it. Am I missing anything (inc valet key, glove box key, emergency key, radio code etc etc)??
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| 26th Feb 2006 6:24 pm |
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Martin
Site Admin and Owner
Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
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By serial number they mean the "L", as for some reason they don't record this information with the vehicle records  06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
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| 26th Feb 2006 8:05 pm |
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Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Martin wrote:By serial number they mean the "L", as for some reason they don't record this information with the vehicle records
A serial number - L - thats some code.
Thanks Martin - any ideas about the other questions?
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| 26th Feb 2006 10:29 pm |
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Roddy
Member Since: 18 Apr 2005
Location: Aberdeen
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Had my first service today and all my nuts were (Locking) replaced under warranty, due to rust.
Price was good £211 inc VAT. Discovery 3 'S' Bonatti Grey.
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| 28th Mar 2006 1:48 am |
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