Wheel Lug Nuts
#1
10-14-08, 04:13 AM
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Wheel Lug Nuts
I needed to do some work on the brakes on my 98 mazda Millenia.
Each wheel has one security lug nut but when i tried to loosen them , the weld inside the socket gave out.
So i went to autozone and the guy there said i will not be able to buy a new one.
If that is true, how do i get them off to replace them?
Each wheel has one security lug nut but when i tried to loosen them , the weld inside the socket gave out.
So i went to autozone and the guy there said i will not be able to buy a new one.
If that is true, how do i get them off to replace them?
#3
10-14-08, 05:00 AM
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Any decent tire store will have a socket to get them off. They look like this:
http://www.awdirect.com/twist-socket...quipmenttools/
If the rims are valuable, replace the locks; if not, just put plain nuts on.
http://www.awdirect.com/twist-socket...quipmenttools/
If the rims are valuable, replace the locks; if not, just put plain nuts on.
thanks
#6
10-15-08, 07:00 PM
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I bought one of those sliding pin sockets. They actually work as well as advertised. It's cumbersome to use a lot of the time, but a handful of times a years it's the only thing I have that works.
