zu alloy lug nut removal
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yu dont - except locking nuts.
sorry dont understand your reply
call me stupid but i dont have a locking key and all the chrome caps are a loose fit { i assume they are for asthetics but didnt want to use force and damage them} how do the other ones come off if one is a locking nut
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If they are standard LR alloy wheel nuts then the polished SS covers don't come off, you fit the socket straight onto them.
Some covers come off in time but they should be a tight fit onto the steel nut (one of mine has recently come use but that is after 10-years use).
If all yours are loose then either they aren't the LR type (either genuine or pattern) or they are just worn.
One thing I did notice with ZU's is that the covers are a tight fit into the recess on the wheel and when my ZU's were brand-new a couple of the covers actually cut into the paint. Didn't cause any problems though and of course as the nut was always in place the marks were never noticed.
With my current Sawtooth's the nuts aren't so recessed.
Some covers come off in time but they should be a tight fit onto the steel nut (one of mine has recently come use but that is after 10-years use).
If all yours are loose then either they aren't the LR type (either genuine or pattern) or they are just worn.
One thing I did notice with ZU's is that the covers are a tight fit into the recess on the wheel and when my ZU's were brand-new a couple of the covers actually cut into the paint. Didn't cause any problems though and of course as the nut was always in place the marks were never noticed.
With my current Sawtooth's the nuts aren't so recessed.
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Forgot to add......
If you truly believe that the covers come off then pull them off with a pair of pipe-grips with parallel jaws (although you might want to protect the cover with a piece of cloth to prevent scratches).
Wouldn't think it is necessary to remove them though.
If you truly believe that the covers come off then pull them off with a pair of pipe-grips with parallel jaws (although you might want to protect the cover with a piece of cloth to prevent scratches).
Wouldn't think it is necessary to remove them though.
Does one of the nuts have a dimple in the centre like one of the three on the left side of this picture? If so then that is the one that needs the cover removing and the locking key fitting, if they all look like the two on the right side of the picture then they are all fixed and you put the 27mm socket directly on them
they look like the fourth one will have a go tomorrow night
info much appreciated
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wheel nuts loose just seems a weird way to design a nut thanks for help much appreciated
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Not only landrover, years ago, about 20, I had a Volvo 245 that had stainless capped nuts. Wonderful, looked very smart until the nuts underneath started rusting due to trapped moisture causing the stainless caps to swell, had to hammer a socket on to get the wheel off to change a tyre. Forking nuts cost nearly as much as a set of forking tyres.
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