Wheel Nuts!

Right, recently had my DIsco mot'd, and the guy at the garage had to ring me up and ask if i had a wrench in my toolkit to take my wheel off.

All that's done and dusted, but, my wrench is getting knackered! I have the standard Land Rover Allloys with origional wheel nuts.

1) What size are the wheel nuts, in mm's plz

2) and where can i find a new wrench, or would it be better to get a hex socket and UJ driver?

cheers bex

Do you mean the locking nut if so you can get one from yur local stealers. if not havent got a clue

As the previous post said and if have the standard Land Rover alloys with origional wheel nuts not a problem. NTC7829 is the wheelbrace.

It is a 27mm socket, I would just get a decent brace or braker bar

or a cordless impact driver

Yeh i got a 12v car battery powered impact wrench. But need the correct size hex bolt.

and yes it is the origional locking wheel nuts

cheers guys

1. Copper grease the studs.
2. Use a torque wrench when tightening and go round the five nuts at least TWICE doing up each second one .... 1 3 5 2 4 .. and again 1 3 5 2 4 ..
3. don't use any impact gun on the locking nut remover or you will knock it to bits. Throw the locking nuts away and get 4 plain ones.
5. use a two-foot Samson bar and a 27mm socket to undo wheel nuts. ALWAYS "crack them" loose with this before using the buzz-gun to spin them off.

But this is only my personal opinion.

CharlesY

I agree completely with CharlesY for we have heard of many Land Rovers where they have had a flat in the bush and the fancy socket thingy breaks. This can be a bit embarassing when 500ks from the nearest LR stealer. We don't have to worry about the wheels being stolen here - they take the whole car rather than a bit of it over here

thanks to everyone for the advice. il let you guys know how qw get on. cheers again
bex and tom

I just had to get a flat tyre off mine. The shiny caps on the nuts don't seem to come off. I didn't have a socket anything like what I needed but found some huge whitworth ring spanner that fitted so used that. Err you say 27mm is that with the little shiny caps on or off?

shiny caps don't come off, just undo with 27mm socket or std landy brace

Ah I see, thanks Stig. have a 2' telescopic 1/2" bar - will get a 27mm socket for it.

try and get a 6 sided socket, less chance of it slipping

i think they are called a hexagon

yella said:

i think they are called a hexagon

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I meant instead of the std offering of a 12 sided socket

ffs stig, i never had you down as a back pedaller

just use the 27mm out my hub nut socket set and a breaker bar, feel left out as i havnt had to use mine so far :-(

ON!

They don't come off!

27mm socket, and throw away the locking nuts.

CharlesY

ON!

The shiny caps are not intended to come off.

Air guns can wreck them though.

27mm SINGLE HEX socket is good, and a two-foot Samson-bar.
Probably the best socket to use is a half-inch square drive IMPACT socket.

The Bi-Hex sockets are just that bit less likely to deal with a damaged wheelnut.

NEVER use an air gun to start undoing tight wheel nuts or to finish tighten them. But that's only MY advice. Doubtless many experts will say else.

CharlesY

CharlesY said:

ON!

The shiny caps are not intended to come off.

Air guns can wreck them though.

27mm SINGLE HEX socket is good, and a two-foot Samson-bar.
Probably the best socket to use is a half-inch square drive IMPACT socket.

The Bi-Hex sockets are just that bit less likely to deal with a damaged wheelnut.

NEVER use an air gun to start undoing tight wheel nuts or to finish tighten them. But that's only MY advice. Doubtless many experts will say else.

CharlesY

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One of em does! the one hiding the locking wheelnut.