Locking wheel nut & MOT/service

Kim_kim

I had a flat tyre a couple of months ago and since it’s been sorted I can’t find the lockable wheel nut. Now I remember the man in the tyre place handing it back to me after he fitted the new tyre.
I must have it & it’s slipped somewhere odd.

I have my service & MOT on Monday, do they need to take the wheel off?

It’s a Suzuki Grand Vitara - where’s the cheapest place to get a replacement?

AndyMc.....

They won't need to take it off for the mot.

Kim_kim

AndyMc..... wrote: »

They won't need to take it off for the mot.

Great that’s a relief.
Are they all individual? Like keys?
Or do I get a replacement that’s a certain size/pattern?

Car_54

The only time I've had to buy one it was for a VW Polo, and there were about 20 variations.


Probably easiest to get it from the dealer, but may be worth asking on a Suzuki forum.

wgl2014

Personally I would just get the locking bolts replaced with normal ones (garage will have a specific tool to remove them).
Wheel theft is nowhere near as common as it used to be when alloy wheels were less common.

Norman_Castle

I must have it & it’s slipped somewhere odd.

Spend 20 minutes searching the car. Empty the glove box and all cubby holes. Look under the seats. Did you put it in your coat pocket?

If it was handed back just before getting in the car its likely to be in arms reach of the drivers seat.

keith1950

Unless you are using a Suzuki dealer ( who MAY have several keys in stock they can try ) the most common way of removing these nuts is by hammering a socket over the nut in the hope that it can then be turned or by using a hammer and chisel to try and rotate the nut.
This can be time consuming depending on the type of locking nut.
Do you not have the box that was issued with the car that should have the key code on it so you can just buy another set with the same code?
You might not need the key this time but next time you need a new tyre or your brakes sorting you'll be back with the same issue.

AdrianC

AndyMc..... wrote: »

They won't need to take it off for the mot.

...but they will for the service.


Any competent garage should have locking-wheel-nut removal tools. Unless you live somewhere seriously iffy, I think I'd just put normal vanilla non-locking ones on.

onomatopoeia99

When I "lost" the locking wheel bolt key on my car, the main dealer removed them all and sold me four plain bolts to replace them, for the cost of the four bolts. Yes, main dealer prices so about £8/bolt, but I wasn't going to argue over 30 quid. They have all the keys for all the locking bolts factory fitted to their cars.



By "lost" I mean after having two rear tyres replaced it was no longer in my car, but I didn't realise for months because I'm not always taking the wheels off.

keith1950

That is too much of a generalisation..... even a main dealer will not have ALL the different keys... they will have a selection and will usually be willing to try them all.

AndyMc.....

AdrianC wrote: »

...but they will for the service.


Any competent garage should have locking-wheel-nut removal tools. Unless you live somewhere seriously iffy, I think I'd just put normal vanilla non-locking ones on.

Will they????