Adam Kindness Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Righto- I seemed to forget to pick up my locking nut (key thing socket) at the track last sunday!! Any ideas on how to remove the nut! Its a nut with a hollowed out centre and square grooves round the edge! I phonned the place i got them from... they were no help... telling me that the company didnt sell replacements!!! ( abit shocking if you ask me) They suggested hammering a socket over them or buying nome sort of 'skeleton key' nut type thing... It has pins that move etc... so it'l adjust to the shape of the locking nut! But i cant remember the name of it! started witha G!!!?!?!?! please help!!! i need it by sat morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Kindness Posted July 4, 2002 Author Share Posted July 4, 2002 Gauge Socket ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Originally posted by Adam Kindness Gauge Socket ??? Like the ones wheel thieves use:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Kindness Posted July 4, 2002 Author Share Posted July 4, 2002 i s'pose yeh... is that its name tho? Some shite tried to half inch my 18's a week ago.... 3 nuts loose, 1 missing and the only one tight was the locking one!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cargill Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Originally posted by Adam Kindness But i cant remember the name of it! started witha G!!!?!?!?! please help!!! i need it by sat morning! Gaitor rings a bell - may be 100% wrong though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Kindness Posted July 4, 2002 Author Share Posted July 4, 2002 sorted it out!!! good old socket and big 'ammer i'll be buying locking nuts that you can get replacements for this time!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Need4Speed Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Doesn't this show how useless some locking nuts are if the thief has an old socket and a hammer. I helped out a TVR owner a couple of years ago at the Brighton Speed Trials who'd had his locking nut key nicked and had a set of slicks on the rear when it came to time to drive home! It took a minute to figure it out from scratch but an old socket & hammer did the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Yes, it is GAITOR Steve, although there are now loads of copies/others. BUT, the're not really as strong as a 'right-size' socket/spanner. some of the cheaper ones don't use hardened pins (the moving bits which 'adjust') As we said in someone elses thread, the 'real' answer was the nut-remover 'sockets' which are a bit like stud-removers, they tighten onto the nut with a reverse thread as you undo. BUT, HAMMERED-ON ORDINARY SOCKET will work, if they haven't been done up properly/too tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedgehogSandwich adi Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Kindness Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 nice dot there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Perhaps that was a 'MINIMALIST' remark after my bucket-of-splurb ? ? ? ? ? If so, point taken ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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