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[Rust Collector]

  On 13/02/2023 at 12:43, mitsisigma01 said:

Mcgard locking wheel nuts 😡😡😡😡😡😡 has anyone had the pleasure of trying to remove the ones with the fat spinning collar... Obviously done up full whack by a Kwikfit monkey, signs of at least two of them having broken bits of key in them and on another a mate has wanged a socket on and got it stuck as well 🙄🙄🙄 .All help gratefully appreciated 🙏🙏

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How thick is the spinning collar? All the ones I've come up against so far I've been able to split the collar with a sharp chisel and then once that's out the way it's business as usual with 12 point socket and a lump hammer.

[mitsisigma01]

  On 13/02/2023 at 14:17, Rust Collector said:

How thick is the spinning collar

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about 4mm ish

[mitsisigma01]

How about getting off the Halfords advanced socket my mate wanged on with a lump hammer 🙄☹️

[mitsisigma01]

It wouldn't surprise me if all the others without the locking wheel nuts have been gunned up to 3,000,000 lb as well .☹️

I've got an uggadugga that goes to 450 , anyone nearby got a bigger one 🤔

Failing that I've got a 4ft pole to go over my socket wrench,let's see how good Halfords advanced stuff is 🤞

Just going to take some Valium and then have a go... 🤯

 

[PicantoJon]

So changing the bleed nipples on the Picanto went well, only two of four were utter bastards... Pleasingly enough none of them broke so I'm calling it a win. 😁

[Asimo]

  On 13/02/2023 at 12:43, mitsisigma01 said:

Mcgard locking wheel nuts 😡😡😡😡😡😡 has anyone had the pleasure of trying to remove the ones with the fat spinning collar... Obviously done up full whack by a Kwikfit monkey, signs of at least two of them having broken bits of key in them and on another a mate has wanged a socket on and got it stuck as well 🙄🙄🙄 .All help gratefully appreciated 🙏🙏

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May not be exactly the same type.   I removed all four from a colleague’s SaaB 93, they had a spinning collar.
I hammered a 12point socket over the collar, which crushed it enough to grip the bolt.

Important to use a T bar on the sockets so that you just apply torque and no side-load to the socket.

Because side-load

a) increases the thread’s friction 

b) tries to pull the socket off the stupid, pointless, annoying  locking thing.

[RoverFolkUs]

Anyone fancy playing "guess the car"? 

Clue: it took me back in time, used to be everywhere, hardly see many about any more....

[Asimo]

  On 13/02/2023 at 18:47, RoverFolkUs said:

Anyone fancy playing "guess the car"? 

Clue: it took me back in time, used to be everywhere, hardly see many about any more....

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Ford,  Ka?

[richardmorris]

Just watched Johnny sideburns resurrect a 1983 bmw 6 series from a garage. It started and sounded fine, but looks rotten as a pear. Failed last pre-mot in 2002 for extensive rust. I do like these, since watching spencer for hire as a teenager.

 

[catsinthewelder]

  On 13/02/2023 at 18:47, RoverFolkUs said:

Anyone fancy playing "guess the car"? 

Clue: it took me back in time, used to be everywhere, hardly see many about any more....

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Vectra, because snapped spring.

[brownnova]

Van mode engaged. 

[vulgalour]

 

  On 13/02/2023 at 20:11, catsinthewelder said:

 

Vectra, because snapped spring.

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Laguna/75/Picasso because same.

[chaseracer]

  On 13/02/2023 at 20:16, brownnova said:

Van mode engaged. 

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Only two?  Got three in the Dyane... 😉

[chaseracer]

You know that thing when you drive a car and it's just RIGHT?  I am now looking for one of these, in Exclusive 2.0HDi160 manual spec...

[horriblemercedes]

  On 13/02/2023 at 21:55, chaseracer said:

You know that thing when you drive a car and it's just RIGHT?  I am now looking for one of these, in Exclusive 2.0HDi160 manual spec...

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I've always fancied one in that spec. Never driven one or even been in one though 

[richardmorris]

  On 13/02/2023 at 21:56, horriblemercedes said:

I've always fancied one in that spec. Never driven one or even been in one though 

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I drove one at a launch event back in 2008 I think it was. Very nice.

[Six-cylinder]

  On 13/02/2023 at 21:52, chaseracer said:

Only two?  Got three in the Dyane... 😉

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Yes but he has got two 2CVs so he wins with a total of 4!

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 13/02/2023 at 19:59, Asimo said:

Ford,  Ka?

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  On 13/02/2023 at 20:11, catsinthewelder said:

 

Vectra, because snapped spring.

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Both along the right lines, MK3 Mondeo! rear. 

Probably the original spring, so it's not done bad for 20 years. 

Got to do the front lower arms as well among other things - Time to blow the cobwebs off those subframe alignment pins that I probably haven't touched for 5 years now 🤣

  On 13/02/2023 at 21:32, vulgalour said:

 

 

Laguna/75/Picasso because same.

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It's rear, so the latter would be a bit difficult 😉 (torsion bar)

[mitsisigma01]

  On 13/02/2023 at 17:47, Asimo said:

they had a spinning collar.
I hammered a 12point socket over the collar, which crushed it enough to grip the bolt.

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Did it look like the one in my picture, quite a thick collar 🤔🤔😕

[wuvvum]

  On 13/02/2023 at 21:55, chaseracer said:

You know that thing when you drive a car and it's just RIGHT?  I am now looking for one of these, in Exclusive 2.0HDi160 manual spec...

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I fancy one with the 3-litre diesel V6, but they seem to fetch silly money when they come up for sale.

[Asimo]

  On 13/02/2023 at 22:26, mitsisigma01 said:

Did it look like the one in my picture, quite a thick collar 🤔🤔😕

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I just recall that the collars were quite rusty. Looking at your picture again, the collar looks too thick for the socket trick to work. Sorry!

[Semi-C]

Had the sort of weekend i can imagine Ice Cube being envious of,

Screwed my new bicycle together

fixed my mother’s washing machine

and bought this

To top it all off, my breakfast contained no hog.

I endeavour to start a car compendium thread at some point as I rarely update progress on any of the individual threads I have started.

Ta ta

[chaseracer]

  On 13/02/2023 at 21:56, horriblemercedes said:

I've always fancied one in that spec. Never driven one or even been in one though 

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It was outstanding.  I was so relaxed - not so much driving it as wearing it.

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 13/02/2023 at 12:43, mitsisigma01 said:

Mcgard locking wheel nuts 😡😡😡😡😡😡 has anyone had the pleasure of trying to remove the ones with the fat spinning collar... Obviously done up full whack by a Kwikfit monkey, signs of at least two of them having broken bits of key in them and on another a mate has wanged a socket on and got it stuck as well 🙄🙄🙄 .All help gratefully appreciated 🙏🙏

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Hammer a whitworth socket over the spinning collar, go at it with an impact gun until it melts itself off (a minute or so) 

Then once the collar has been fucked off, hammer a bite socket over the inner part, hammer it on there bloody well and gun it off with a very strong impact.

Finally, get them to fuck and put some normal wheel nuts/bolts in place

[New POD]

  On 13/02/2023 at 23:06, RoverFolkUs said:

Hammer a whitworth socket over the spinning collar, go at it with an impact gun until it melts itself off (a minute or so) 

Then once the collar has been fucked off, hammer a bite socket over the inner part, hammer it on there bloody well and gun it off with a very strong impact.

Finally, get them to fuck and put some normal wheel nuts/bolts in place

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Plus tighten the other 3 bolts to release the tension on this one. 

[hairnet]

  On 13/02/2023 at 20:16, brownnova said:

Van mode engaged. 

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Even tho you have a van............

[hairnet]

  On 13/02/2023 at 21:55, chaseracer said:

You know that thing when you drive a car and it's just RIGHT?  I am now looking for one of these, in Exclusive 2.0HDi160 manual spec...

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You when you get THAT old

That.

 

[chaseracer]

Yep 😄

[egg]

having to treat rust on a washing machine less than 4 years old is an example of how bad built in obsolesce has become. And yes we do demand cheap white goods, I'm aware of that!

[wuvvum]

Probably made from recycled Ford Kas.