Member Since: 13 Feb 2015
Location: Hautes Pyrenees
Posts: 219
Wheel nuts and locking wheel nuts.
Hello all. A quick word of caution so you too do not suffer the joy I have after going to get my tyres changed.
The gent that does my tyres told me last year to throw away the original Land Rover locking wheel nuts and all the nuts as well as in his words, 'They are total "! ( LandRover D4 2015)
Well being the tight that my wife sometimes accuses me of being, I did not.
Well heck me it was a palaver getting half of the normal nuts off as they are such a delightful design of many parts built together to form a unit that traps water and slowly corrodes and swells under the stupid steel cover making them useless.
The locking nuts though take the biscuit, also being of many parts and of a softer metal than the key which strips them making them a joy to remove!
CHANGE THEM NOW......Change them all!
I would have included a picture of the locking wheel nut but after cutting it off in my irritation I launched it.
It is not a good photo but the second does show the corrosion going on inside the nut. Come on Land Rover, this design is pitiful.
24th Nov 2022 2:28 pm
V8man
Member Since: 01 Jan 2021
Location: Dunno i was just following the satnav😳
Posts: 288
An age old problem unfortunately.Well documented on here.
1996 Defender -died (now in landrover heaven😇)chassis to ashes , rust to dust !
2004 Defender td5 gone
2012 Evoque gone
2007 D3 V8 HSE
24th Nov 2022 2:37 pm
DIY Ace
Member Since: 06 Feb 2019
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 971
Ditto, I share your pain. I've just bought 20 new nuts a couple of weeks ago after two of the original failed to fit in my usual socket. Managed to get 18 off, left with two that had to have a hammer-blow at the socket to jam it on, before being able to unscrew them.
Sorted now, but a few swear words were thrown around.2022 BMW i4 M50. Bought Oct 2022. 10,200 miles and counting...
2014 BMW 435d convertible. Bought July 2021. 58,000 miles and counting...
2005 Discovery 3 HSE Auto. Bought Feb 2019. 169,000 miles and counting...
2009 Freelander 2 XS Manual. Bought Sep 2013. SOLD Aug 2021 (already regretted!)
Member Since: 16 Jan 2020
Location: East/West Sussex Coast Borders
Posts: 1200
With regards to the LR nuts, I removed the covers, put some silicone sealant in, then put the covers back on.
The silicone will stop water ingress so rust and all the problems associated with it, are problems no more.
Dave2011 Discovery 4 Commercial SDV6 (Gone)
2010 RRS TDV8 (Gone)
1980 OBLIC 4.0ltr Range Rover (went a long time ago)
24th Nov 2022 2:43 pm
Shamrock
Member Since: 16 Jun 2022
Location: South Kerry
Posts: 114
I think it's the first thing I've replaced on my D4 when I bought it !
Just needed a three meters long tube to undo the old ones...
24th Nov 2022 3:48 pm
Ruarz
Member Since: 17 Oct 2020
Location: Fife
Posts: 22
This was my solution to swollen nuts.... ...for the car at least. Works a treat
24th Nov 2022 9:32 pm
life - live it
Member Since: 14 Apr 2017
Location: Behind you
Posts: 1038
What wheel nuts did you purchase to replace the swollen nuts
24th Nov 2022 9:40 pm
Carl and Petra
Member Since: 13 Feb 2015
Location: Hautes Pyrenees
Posts: 219
I went the ebay route for a set of twenty in the same style as the originals. I was going to go the solid nut route from Wrington Engineering but at their price i can get three sets of twenty of the ebay ones so that would be a waste of money. All bought now and on the vehicle, as these suffer over the years i will just replace then each time as a set.
I did not go the locking nut route at all.
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