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Originally Posted by Reaper8
reviving an old thread. I have stripped my lock nut key. bad thing is they sit inside the wheel and can not put a socket over them to remove that way. Try'd welding the key to the nut but restricted as very tight area but kept snapping the welds as couldnt get much on, now ive burned off some of the chrome around the hole. Think the only way im getting it off is to remove the whole hub with the wheel on and drill out the stud from the inside. any one think of a different way. its on there tight. not happy Jan
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So its one where the key goes around the nut not in the centre? If its an outside style take a photo and ask a tyre shop, theyre notorious for 'forgetting' to return peoples lock nut keys. That happened to a girlfriend of mine, but her locknuts were the insert style, so that was simple. A chisel and a big hammer to belt it in, then a big set of multugrips to crack the nut and it spun it out by hand.