how do you remove.......

20vcqdriver · 08-06-14, 08:19 PM

.......wheel security bolts when you have lost the special socket....
Went to take wheels off cq and can i find special socket? Can i feck. Was hoping to fit the powerflex black track bushes. Doh!

Isimmo · 08-06-14, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 20vcqdriver

.......wheel security bolts when you have lost the special socket....
Went to take wheels off cq and can i find special socket? Can i feck. Was hoping to fit the powerflex black track bushes. Doh!

Either drill/easiout or sacrifice a socket (x4) with a large mallet.... Either way, things will be broken....

lefthooker · 08-06-14, 08:31 PM

I don't know how effective these are?

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_255216

Can be found cheaper than this if you shop around.

Isimmo · 08-06-14, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by lefthooker

I don't know how effective these are?

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_255216

Can be found cheaper than this if you shop around.

Think engineering...

All you need to do is excerpt more force in the undoo'y direction of the bolt than the crud/corrosion and tightenupski torque in the opposite direction....

Brutus ignoramus tends to be the successful option generally...

john johnson · 08-06-14, 08:48 PM

Machine mart do a kit but I've heard varying degrees of success ...

Tonks4x4 · 08-06-14, 08:49 PM

These are what I use on a weekly basis....

Made by Irwin

Tonks4x4 - The Land Rover Specialist

quattrostyle · 08-06-14, 09:50 PM

^^those are what the local tyre shop used on a car when the key for the locking bolt failed. Worked a treat.

20vcqdriver · 08-06-14, 11:48 PM

This the the lock in question

As you might be able to see the outer collar slides round the inner section so doubt the suggested methods so far will work. Hoping I can locate a replacement key somewhere....
Sure its in a safe place, just don't know where....

JMLAudi · 09-06-14, 03:36 AM

Morning
that looks like an Audi locking wheel bolt
if it is go to local dealer ask to get new socket.
they have the kit and should be able to order new one

Goodluck
cheers
john

Hanuman · 09-06-14, 05:22 AM

As JML. This happened with my S4. The local dealership had a master set, and the correct one was found, to undo the bolt there and then, and a new one could be ordered.

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08-06-14, 08:49 PM	#6
Tonks4x4 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire Posts: 2,607	how do you remove....... These are what I use on a weekly basis.... Made by Irwin Tonks4x4 - The Land Rover Specialist __________________ http://www.tonks4x4.com

08-06-14, 11:48 PM	#8
20vcqdriver 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Wirral Posts: 3,910	This the the lock in question As you might be able to see the outer collar slides round the inner section so doubt the suggested methods so far will work. Hoping I can locate a replacement key somewhere.... Sure its in a safe place, just don't know where.... __________________ Coupe quattro 1986:-~450bhp + loooong list of mods! Audi A7 Bi-TDI SLine Black edition 2015 mapped to produce 600lb/ft torque! Audi S4 4.2 V8 cabriolet 2004:-

09-06-14, 05:22 AM	#10
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,006	As JML. This happened with my S4. The local dealership had a master set, and the correct one was found, to undo the bolt there and then, and a new one could be ordered. __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor

08-06-14, 08:31 PM	#3
lefthooker Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,655	I don't know how effective these are? http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_255216 Can be found cheaper than this if you shop around.

08-06-14, 09:50 PM	#7
quattrostyle 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,188	^^those are what the local tyre shop used on a car when the key for the locking bolt failed. Worked a treat.

09-06-14, 03:36 AM	#9
JMLAudi Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Knaresborough/Shipley Posts: 951	Morning that looks like an Audi locking wheel bolt if it is go to local dealer ask to get new socket. they have the kit and should be able to order new one Goodluck cheers john