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#21
21st July 2015, 09:18 PM
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Some pics for your amusement...... (someone needs to get a laugh out of all this!)
  Still got one to go  Nick 
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21st July 2015, 09:29 PM
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It's verging on criminal to over tighten them to that degree! That's proper rattle gun job done on max torque....
Always comforts me when a tyre fitter/mechanic appears to know what a torque wrench is intended for
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21st July 2015, 09:30 PM
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That looks like a Ford locking wheel bolt & nut.
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#24
22nd July 2015, 10:05 AM
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Had a close one on my D3 with the same daft locking nut, thankfully it wasn't too chewed and my local place managed to straighten it enough to get it to engage.
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#25
22nd July 2015, 10:15 AM
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And to be fair my local independent garage are the same, they even detail the wheel refitting and torque settings on the signoff sheet they give you.
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22nd July 2015, 09:49 PM
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..... but I scored another key today at a scrapyard close to work. When I enquired I was led to a corner of their workshop where there is a plastic crate about 2 feet in all directions full of various wheel nut keys! He found me a chair and another crate to sort them into. Took about 15 minutes and 1/3 of the crate to find the right one. It's in good shape. Hope it's feeling strong! If it works it was £ 5 well spent! Question is, do I try myself or go to a tyre fitter with a big rattler gun  Nick
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#29
23rd July 2015, 10:08 AM
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It's off! Big breaker bar did the job.
 That's a relief! Now I can investigate why this wheel (Right rear) has 4.5mm toe in and 2º negative camber.... Nick
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23rd July 2015, 11:14 AM
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