D3 locking wheel nut removal.
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I think I removed the stainless tin cap with a small chisel so as not to damage the wheel and then drove a 12 point socket over the spinning part with a hammer and extension then wound it off
Once you have them off just fit plain wheel nuts
Once you have them off just fit plain wheel nuts
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LOLLocking wheelnut removal advice sought by someone from Merseyside
Colleague of mine living in Liverpool as a student, came home one day to find her Mini up on bricks and note under her windscreen wiper:
"Sorry about the wheels, just taken them for the MOT, we'll bring 'em back!"
Fair enough, coupla days later she found them back on!
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Wow, an honest thief, that's not something you find very often.
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I did once sell a set of Mini wheels to a mate whose Mini Cooper had broken down and was sitting there on the street. He was worried his fancy wheels would get stolen. This was in Bath in 1973. I didn't need the Mini as i was driving another one and stripping this one for bits. It stayed on blocks until it got scrapped. How the scrapper lorry shifted it I don't know as I wasn't there!
So thieves are to be found everywhere!!!
