Recent content by james green

He done all four including the one i tried to weld for £100. And that was for him to come out to me, so not bad at all to be honest.

Unfortunately it is not that style, them ones come off quite easily as long as there is space around them for a socket. Its the newer type that now have a rotating collar on them to stop people from doing exactly this.

Yeah, i mean next time i run into this i will definitely not be telling the customer we will sort it. Since i said i will sort it i kind of feel obliged to now. Anyway chaps, that company turns up this morning at 9am as promised. 10 minutes later he walks over to me with all four in this hand...

Wow! That tool looks amazing! Wish i had seen this yesterday. It doesn't appear you can buy it over here in the UK though, seems like its just a US thing.

These BMW ones have a rotating collar so the old smash a socket on trick doesn't work on these.

I don't think a cut off wheel would fit inside the hole, its extremely narrow and recessed.

Hi, thank you for your reply. I did try welding it but the locking wheel nuts are difficult to reach with a mig due to how deep and narrow the bolt holes are. i managed to get a small weld on it but it just snapped due to how tight they are. I have booked in these people tomorrow who said they...

Looks like i may have to try welding them and then get a refurb done after if there is damage. I can't believe such a small bolt can cause such a big problem.

So it seems like drilling them out is a long process. Spoke to a local place who said they did it once and it took over 1 hour each bolt?

To be honest i don't want to try welding them as they are quite deep inside the wheel. The customer will only kick up more of a fuss if we cause damage. It was just a standard breaker bar used and it snapped with virtually no pressure as all. She's a regular customer so i said i will sort it out...

Thanks for the reply. I think i will have to take it to a local garage and get them to drill them then.

Hi, had a customer in earlier in a BMW. They needed new pads so we quoted them up and the customer agreed to have the work done. When trying to remove the wheels the key snapped inside the locking wheel nut due to them being so tight, and now the customer is demanding that we fix the problem...