ggggrrrrrr wheel nuts

[supra_si]

Just tried taking my wheels off so i can do the calipers but it looks like the last person who had the car never took them off and they are seized solid.

 

so had to go to national tyres to get sum help as the bolt to take em off is rubbish and i dont wanna round it.

 

all i wanted was for some one to whip around them and put them back on at what they shud be but ohhhhhhhhhhh nooooooo i gotta get booked in. bet they are gonna charge me for being helpful

[JohnnyW]

National are bloody useless take it to an independent tyre place and they'll get it sorted in 10 minutes.

 

To be honest unless you're using the wrong sized socket you'd struggle to round the head. Get down to halfords and get one of these: http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_210623_langId_-1_categoryId_31341

Edited June 12, 2008 by JohnnyW (see edit history)

[Scott]

You will most likely find it was an apprentice at one of those garages that tightened them up the lazy arse way with an impact gun.

 

I almost took some young kids head off at a gargage for doing it. When the mechanic came out he asked what the problem was, i handed him my tyre iron and asked him how he would get the wheel off if it had a puncture.

 

Needless to say... red faced mechanic. I hate bloody spanner monkeys, what happened to good old fashioned car engineers who take care of things instead of bash them in a hurry.

[supra_si]

i got one of those already, the guys at national used a torque wrench, so ive just bought one off ebay. does a much better job at holding the nuts. ohhh errrr missus

 

oh yeh and big up our national as they actually didnt charge me