WesBrooks Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) Hi all, What's the best way to get these off? The vehicle never came with no key. I currently have both axles off my donor, but one wheel stuck on the front axle! Thanks! Edited March 27, 2020 by WesBrooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Hammer a socket on, or a chisel and hammer it round, if you don't care about the wheel, or you can use the Irwin bolt extractors with some success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Rather ironically I think I have a key for that - I don't think they're particularly dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanco Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 A few years back I helped out a neighbour, he had broken the key and they were smaller nuts on Merc Vito, but I don't see why it wouldn't work on a LR. I welded a couple of plates at 90 deg, drove the Merc onto the base plate, and used a mag drill (Roatbroach) attached to the vertical plate to drill over the stud, took a bit of messing about to line it up but it worked a treat, we bought an 18mm cutter to suit the Merc stud, need to be 23mm at least I should think With a loose axle you could probably just clamp a plate to the wheel easy enough, of course you do need a Rotabroach style drill for starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cackshifter Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 The keys used to be sold on ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Buy a cheap 12-point socket that's ever so slightly undersized and hammer it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesBrooks Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Thanks for the suggestions. I'll crack on next time I'm working on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 You can get some handy double sided locking wheel nut removers that cut there own grip in to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballcock Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 You could try one of the multi fit sockets with the pins in. but as said above a cheap 12 point socket is probably the easiest I have done this in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesBrooks Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) Thanks again. Had a 24mm 12 point socket handy and only needed a rubber mallet! Likely not that tight but even so those are (thankfully 😄 ) useless locking wheel nuts... Edited March 28, 2020 by WesBrooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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