Wheel Nuts.....Am I missing something here?

Maybe I'm dafter these days than I thought.... I have recently sold my 200TDI and aquired a 300 Anniversary. Now, it had no wheel brace when I bought it so I have my trusty non genuine one. However, this fits the nuts but are the chrome covers on them supposed to come off before undoing the nuts, if so then its a different size to the wheel brace which I assume is standard. Can anyone give us a clue?

Chrome covers stay on. except for the one with a dimple in it. Thats the locking wheel nut

should all just be a standard 27mm wheel nut (albeit alloy wheel ones) plus one locking nut

I'll tell you what's up - for a tenner........

Nah, I'll let you off, they rust under the shiny caps and bulge so 27mm won't get them.

28mm will sometimes but careful not to round them off.

Thin's right, that's the most likely cause. Another is if they've been overzealously air gunned as it deforms the caps on the corners making them bulge, in which case you could be luckly and be able to hammer the faces flat again.

Course the simple answer is that yu can't use a multipoint socket on em. Yu have to use a Hex sided socket.

Gents, I thank you. I'll have a proper look tomorrow

Rosedale said:

Gents, I thank you. I'll have a proper look tomorrow

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Weren't aware there are any gents on ere

Oi, speak for yerself!!

Rosedale said:

Gents, I thank you. I'll have a proper look tomorrow

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Just cause some of the posts round ere resemble those on the wall in the Gents, there's no need to going throwing accusations like that around

I helped a guy at the services once who had a flat on a discovery. They asked me if i ha a jack.....went to help and the recovery man asked if i had the chrome cover remover for the knuts! Amusing but an easy mistake as so many of them were a loose fit......i always carry the two sizes.

njh2 said:

I helped a guy at the services once who had a flat on a discovery. They asked me if i ha a jack.....went to help and the recovery man asked if i had the chrome cover remover for the knuts! Amusing but an easy mistake as so many of them were a loose fit......i always carry the two sizes.

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some cars do have removeable chrome covers. Others don't.

MGF's are the worst. They have non removeable covers but the number of em that I go out to that the covers slip on the nut so you then have to spend ages getting them off.