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lock nuts on spotties
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:09 am
by kranked_dirt
Copy from auto elec section...
Ok had a look at the mounts for my spotlights today and the guy i bought it off has put those lock nuts on there that you need some sort of tool with a couple of pins sticking out of it to remove the nut (if that makes sense) Is there a way to remove these without the tool or somewhere that will sell the tool to suit the nuts???
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:21 am
by N*A*M
hammer a crappy socket on it
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:39 am
by ausyota
Cold chisel in the lock nut holes.
Has worked for me on wheel lock nuts.
Paul.
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:19 am
by Shadow
N*A*M wrote:hammer a crappy socket on it
use a cheap socket that just doesnt quite fit over the end, hit it onto it, then use a ratchet
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:19 pm
by kranked_dirt
sweet thanks for the ideas guys, will go try em out now
any others??
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:33 pm
by ausyota
If you get really stuck and all else fails you can weld something onto the nuts to undo them. The heat from welding helps loosen the nuts too.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:45 am
by roberts
yeah when i was a tyre fitter we used a socked when people came in say can you fit new tyres but i lost my lock nut key
