Member Since: 19 Jan 2015
Location: Caerphilly
Posts: 2256
Is much rather chance not having locking nuts on my car than the nightmare of A: trying to get them off when you break or lose the key, B: are stranded on the side of a busy motorway in the dark with a flat tyre that you can't change. I always bin the locking wheel nuts/bolts from our cars. More hassle than their worth. My old D1 had them. I could get them off with a stilson wrench. What's the point. If some thieving scumbag wants to try pulling the wheels off a 4x4 that's size good luck. I hope it squashes them in the process. Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
7th Jan 2016 6:04 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73113
JMack wrote:
deanslandy wrote:
Was the original idea of the locking nut to prevent the wheels from being stolen and if so what prevents this from happening??
Yes.
Nothing.
But, when was the last time you saw a car on bricks with the alloy wheels stolen from it?
You don't have to change them if you're worried about theft, and we reserve the right to say "we told you so" when (not if) the lockers fail. At the very least get rid of the original ones and get new ones from a LR dealer. That gives you 2 year warranty and it will include consequential damage, ie getting your wheels off. And replace those every just under 2 years.
7th Jan 2016 6:31 pm
deanslandy
Member Since: 17 Jan 2015
Location: nuneaton
Posts: 651
OK , understood and thanks for the explanation Belts, oil pump casing and water pump by Flack
Transmission flush by Geoff
7th Jan 2016 8:10 pm
david007
Member Since: 01 Sep 2012
Location: Angus
Posts: 15
Just like to say thanks to the contributors to this thread, I recently had a problem removing one of my locking wheels nuts and without this thread I think I would have struggled.
16th Oct 2017 8:21 am
DrRobH
Member Since: 10 Oct 2015
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 927
In a nutshell:
1) Ditch all the locking wheel nuts
2) Ditch all the original nuts with caps.
3) Replace with non capped Batfink recommended versions http://www.disco4.com/forum/topic161797.html
4) Job done, feel smug Visitor from fullfatrr.com
RR Vogue SE 2011 4.4 TDV8
1974 Lightweight
17th Oct 2017 8:22 pm
Coxman
Member Since: 29 Jan 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 7
Had the exact same problem on my 2010 D4 of the spinning locking cap, used this site a lot in the past so in case it helps anyone in the same predicament I did eventually manage to get it off. I had tried the various options posted here including the washer trick, hammering on various sized sockets but it didn't budge and lost half the nut in the process.
Eventually what did it for me much to my relief was a standard 14mm Sealey screw extractor (£50 set on Amazon). Once it had bitten it took all of my weight on a hefty breaker bar to move it so no surprise the locking nut didn't stand a chance. Also no surprise I have now replaced all the locking nuts plus the swollen standard ones with some nice forum recommended parts.
23rd Jun 2019 7:09 pm
Lazydave
Member Since: 07 Jul 2019
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 87
2010 HSE
Full service genuine parts.
Front and rear pads.
Turbo oil drain pipe mod.
LED interior lights upgrade.
Both rear door actuators.
Tailgate handle/ switch.
Facelift grille and rear lights.
Fitted cross bars.
New rear discs and pads.
New RH inlet manifold.
New air con condensor.
New battery.
New EGR pipe.
New front discs and pads.
New propshaft.
29th Jul 2019 9:02 pm
Lazydave
Member Since: 07 Jul 2019
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 87
2010 HSE
Full service genuine parts.
Front and rear pads.
Turbo oil drain pipe mod.
LED interior lights upgrade.
Both rear door actuators.
Tailgate handle/ switch.
Facelift grille and rear lights.
Fitted cross bars.
New rear discs and pads.
New RH inlet manifold.
New air con condensor.
New battery.
New EGR pipe.
New front discs and pads.
New propshaft.
29th Jul 2019 9:02 pm
RadioRay
Member Since: 09 Nov 2023
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 8
This is my son's disc 3. Another approach to removing locking wheel nut. I cut the chrome cap off, no matter what I tried locking wheel nut tools, socket hammered on nothing moved it. It just kept striping more metal off and getting smaller. After hours I was about to give up and try welding on a new nut head. Then I had a eureka moment, there’s a washer under the nut head. Have you guest? I used a 20mm hole saw in an electric drill, it took less than 2 minutes the washer protects the wheel from hole saw. The nut head literally popped off. This locking nut was a different nut to the other three just my luck.
3rd Dec 2023 7:57 pm
RadioRay
Member Since: 09 Nov 2023
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 8
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