So, How totally fecked am I??

Chrisfrain2007 said:

Great news! did you buy a tool off them? How much was the tool?

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Saint.V8 said:

No, the tool is £250 or thereabouts, usually only sold to those in the trade....

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2.0_hippo said:

For ABS removal you need to visit specialist ABS sensor removal company in Scotland !!!! LMAO !! Haha

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2.0_hippo said:

How often would you use it ?

I have had 3 cars all with locking wheel nuts and never had a problem
Including my l322 ones

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Saint.V8 said:

This is the first time I have had issues too.....

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bigdel said:

Had a 'welded in' ABS sensor on my old Ford Galaxy. Had to drill that one out as it wouldn't succumb to anything else.

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Stufer said:

Glad you got to the bottom of it, great info for many who may darken their doorstep with an L322 in the future.

In the unlikely event of the pro's failing, maybe it would have been worth considering some other big guns... The mobile spark erosion guys

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Saint.V8 said:

Thank you for all your kind words...

Made it there and back again.....total 503 miles, no uneven braking as there was still 2-3mm of meat on the old pads, plus I drive like my Grandma so I don't tend to brake heavy or often anyway!!!

Took 5 hours to get there, left at 7.30pm and arrived just after 12.30am - into hotel for a well earned kip.

L322 on Gas averaged 17.1mpg all the way there @ 70mph on cruise control. M25, M1, M62 into Castlford.

Premier Inn double room for £44, plus breakfast at £8.95

Phoned Dynomec at 9am, I asked if they would be available around 9.30am - all good.

Spoke with their chap Steve, he explained the issue with the L322 Locking nuts, they use a hardened steel cover and he showed me how hard by getting one of my old lock nuts and trying to drill and air chisel into it, not a fecking mark...!!!

He pulled out there new L322 Tool that has been redesigned to deal with the hardened nut covers as they were finding their original design was failing after a few uses, so they have made the wall thicker, and have had them hardened using a specialist in Sheffield.

He placed the tool over the wheel locking nut, a few hefty hits with a large hickory handled hammer, attached the impact driver, a few futher deft thwacks, and the little beasty was off.

The tool uses a toughened cutting blade that, like a dot punch, on each hit of the hammer, drives the blade into the nut head and then with the impact driver, torques it off....fecking brilliant tool.

I wanted to get pictures or a vid of the process, but the whole job was done so quickly I didn't even have time to turn the camera on!!!

Literally 45 seconds and it was off, no damage to the Alloy, no sweat on the brow nothing....

They charge £20 for the first wheel nut and then £10 for each additional....I only had one to get off but handed him £30 for his time (as they don't usually work on Saturdays - but they made an exception - now THAT is customer service).

I then started the 4.5 hour journey home.....

In total it cost me £106 in fuel, £53 for the hotal and £30 to get the nut off, plus 10 hours of my time driving....total £189 ish, over 503 miles and 10 hours drivingfor one wheel nut!!!!

Yes Range Rover ownership is expensive, and yes it was an impulse purchase on the L322, but with luck all these little jobs will make it worth it in the end....

Next job is to remove the 'welded' in ABS sensor that has broken off in the hole as the previous owner didn't use any lube on fitment - I mean the lube comes with the fecking sensor for Pete's sake .....any tips??

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