Puncture goes mental- the latest.

[TimothyClaypole]

Unless it's just a stub by now I'm sure you can still get it off?

 

When can you pop round so I can crack your nut(s)?

 

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Aside from a visit from my mom ("the kitchen cupboard in this flat probably hasn't been cleaned for 3 years so I'll stay in all day and scrub it to within an inch of its life"), I'm pretty free this week as well as the next one, so just send me a PM with time and precise location and I shall be coming over with a bit of beer!

[cobblers]

You must be going to the most uninterested garages - even the most shagged out wheel nut is 5 minutes on a welder away from coming off easily, although I've never copped for a locking wheel nut that cant be removed by chiseling the collar off and then twatting a socket on.

 

Anyway, AP tyres in rotherham are the ideal balance between understanding posh new wheel shizzle and not giving much of a shit. Lock nuts, rounded nuts, snapped nuts, hairy nuts etc, they can handle. When I worked at frauds I sent hundreds of people there. That said they are lazy sods at tracking and just set everything to 0 degrees.

[cobblers]

You must be going to the most uninterested garages - even the most shagged out wheel nut is 5 minutes on a welder away from coming off easily, although I've never copped for a locking wheel nut that cant be removed by chiseling the collar off and then twatting a socket on.

 

Anyway, AP tyres in rotherham are the ideal balance between understanding posh new wheel shizzle and not giving much of a shit. Lock nuts, rounded nuts, snapped nuts, hairy nuts, KP nuts, etc, they can handle. When I worked at frauds I sent hundreds of people there. That said they are lazy sods at tracking and just set everything to 0 degrees.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

cheers for that, cobblers! If Mr Claypole's toolkit doesn't manage it, I'll give AP a shot before I finally give up until the breakfast meet!

[garethj]

How are they going to “machine†it off? Turn the whole car on its side and clamp it in the milling machine?

 

The spinning thing should come off with a few tickles from an angle grinder as long as it’s not too buried within a recess in the wheel. If it is buried deep, a Dremel plus fibreglass cutting disc will do it. Don’t forget to wear safety goggles.

 

No cash for a Dremel but still can’t get an angle grinder (tenner from Argos) in there? Can I interest sir in a large hammer, cold chisel and big file? Any DIY shop should do that lot for under £20 and you can use the hammer and chisel to cut through the spinning wheelnut part, use the file to sharpen the chisel again. Wear safety goggles because flying metal isn’t nice, and a small chisel will put more force than a wide one.

 

If you’re a bit cack-handed, and reading between the lines you might be... get a mole grips to hold the chisel while you whack it with a hammer. A trip to casualty will really slow up your progress. You’ve really got to hit the thing hard or it won’t work. A bit like punching someone – aim for a point 6 inches behind their face to get the correct follow-through.

[Pete-M]

Have you taken it to a good garage yet, or are Messrs B.Odgit and S.Carper still planning on welding things to it?

 

I've never known such kerfuffle over something as epically simple as removing a locking wheel nut.

[messerschmitt owner]

 

I've never known such kerfuffle over something as epically simple as removing a locking wheel nut.

I agree. A scally would have had it off in minutes.

[John F]

Aside from a visit from my mom...

 

Why would anyone in Britain have a "mom"?

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Why would anyone in Britain have a "mom"?

 

Common parlance in parts of the midlands, I believe.

[M'coli]

Am I the only one reading this thread who fears its conclusion may be a let-down?

 

http://www.sadtrombone.com/

 

Athankew verry much.

[Cavcraft]

Aside from a visit from my mom ("the kitchen cupboard in this flat probably hasn't been cleaned for 3 years so I'll stay in all day and scrub it to within an inch of its life"), I'm pretty free this week as well as the next one, so just send me a PM with time and precise location and I shall be coming over with a bit of beer!

 

Sorry for being today's forum nark but it's mum, not 'mom'.

[Angrydicky]

Maybe he's Team Blitz in disguise.

[John F]

And whilst Luxo is getting a birching for using execrable seppo English, the construction "aside from..." is another import from across the pond.

[trigger]

But isn't he Greek?, Maybe that's how they speak?.

[John F]

But isn't he Greek?, Maybe that's how they speak?.

 

No, I think they speak Greek

[scaryoldcortina]

but those that understood him smiled at one another and shook their heads; but, for mine own

part, it was Greek to me......

 

I took a locking wheel nut off in the car park at santa pod with a hammer, screwdriver and a borrowed 18mm socket after the AA man failed....

[Guest]

My Greek is pish. I think LAU can be excused the odd lapse in a foreign language.

[Louise2cv]

Mom is a midlands term (blackcountry maybe). I am a mommy. A mummy wears bandages and is a bit crumbly/dusty. Mother. Mom. Makes sense too.

 

I imagine they discovered the midlands before they discovered America. So the americans copied us (west midlanders). Mom is a word from an english dialect. Dialects enrich the language they form part of. So there.

 

 

Have we fixed this car yet or what?

[Rod/b]

I reckon he should scrap the fucking thing and buy a pushbike. Or a bus pass.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Howay everyone, you're gonna give me a heart attack... every time I see this thread bumped I think theres a new twist in the tale, like watching 'the Killing' but with less big woolly jumper action. Who managed to get Nanna Birk Larsen's nut off in the end?

[theorganist]

(blackcountry maybe)

 

As someone who is from the Black Country (although the very edge) and works deep in the Black Country I don't think it is a particularly local custom, mam is probably much more commonly used!!

 

Being as he is Greek anyway and has presumably not been taught English Language tin the British School System then he has probably picked up many Americanisms! I'd wager that he speaks and understands English better than a lot of the indigenous population especially considering the standards set in this neck of the woods!

[Louise2cv]

I'm from the Black Country, only ever heard mom. But hey, that's beyond the point.

[barefoot]

I'm struggling to get my head around 113 posts & 8 pages to get a nut off.

 

I can't wait til this bloke changes a fucking cambelt.

[Mr Lobster]

I'm struggling to get my head around 113 posts & 8 pages to get a nut off.

 

+ 1

 

Great thread, how it got to 8 pages is way beyond my comprehension.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

After reading this thread from start to finish im now thinking of getting a personalised reg that says NUTI_DRY, anyone reckon its a good idea?

[chaseracer]

YEAH!!1!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually, no.

 

[Cavcraft]

After reading this thread from start to finish im now thinking of getting a personalised reg that says NUTI_DRY, anyone reckon its a good idea?

 

Only if you come on occasionally pretending to be your wife and make references to sexual acts.

[Lankytim]

In Birmingham they say MOM but in Stoke they say MAM. Crazy eh??

[pompei]

Shirely Mater and Pater ...