discofred Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 My 1995 Disco one came without a wheel brace. So I ordered a 27mm one online. It came, but won't go over the nuts. I contacted the supplier he said that the rust gets behind the affixed shiny cover, and makes it swell up, so that the 27mm brace won't fit. I have a 28mm socket which is a loose but acceptable fit. Anyone heard of this before, or is the supplier talking tosh ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Usually its because they have been fked up with an air wrench. I'm about to replace mine for that reason - they are hell to get out of the socket! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPendrey Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I have a bunch of steel wheel nuts that fit perfectly in my variety of 27mm sockets and wrenches. Yet, I also have a set of alloy wheel nuts where more than half bind and get slightly (not impossibly) jammed. I just put it down to cheap after-market wheel nuts. No grounds to prove whether they're genuine or not, other than some fit well and some don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave88sw Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 He's talking truth, loads of land rovers we get in at work have this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 ive got a full set of alloy nuts if anyone wants them for postage and beer. or even better send me a set of steel nuts.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Drumstick Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I have a bunch of steel wheel nuts that fit perfectly in my variety of 27mm sockets and wrenches. Yet, I also have a set of alloy wheel nuts where more than half bind and get slightly (not impossibly) jammed. I just put it down to cheap after-market wheel nuts. No grounds to prove whether they're genuine or not, other than some fit well and some don't. Genuine ones do it. If you use a socket the is too short and more so if you slip or have one of those only partly bent breaker bars (not 90 degree), then it's easy to deform the nut. Rover/MG cars suffer the same problem. Brute force and ignorance is the best way to get them off and I'd advise swapping them. Use a deep impact socket as the best way to avoid it happening again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrr47 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 There are metric and imperial wheel nuts. I have scrapped loads of Discos and Rangies over the years and my stainless wheel nuts are from various cars, and, some fit a 27mm socket, some are very tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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