Getting a locking wheel nut key

sweetsand

onlyfoolsandparking said:

sweetsand said:

George_Michael said:

onlyfoolsandparking said:

Was it a Robin Reliant?

Don't you mean a Reliant Robin?

LOL, the other poster was too busy I guess of wanting to praise me as usual she even got that easy bit wrong.

As did you (as usual) with SHE   

How am I to know that unless you have a name that clearly belongs to a female or male? You are funny and make me laugh, Mr.

AdrianC

sweetsand said:

You clearly implied that the only concern the OP should have was someone stealing their wheels

Well, yes. Because if that isn't a concern, there's no need for locking bolts, is there?

...and you tried to undermine the OP by saying who would want to steal wheels/tyres from a car like theirs. It may be nothing to you judging by your comments

Well, it's newer than anything I own. And the first thing I did with the only vehicle we've got with locking bolts (the only one with alloys) was to remove 'em and bin 'em. Which is what I'm suggesting the OP does.

but the OP is entitled to seek help

Who said otherwise? Which is precisely why I'm trying to assist the OP in resolving their issue in the cheapest and most effective long-term way. By binning the lockers, if they aren't worried about theft of the wheels.

You, otoh, seem to be here only to give half-baked non-answers and willy-wave your imaginary considerably-richer-than-yow fleet, whilst pooh-poohing anything you don't understand.

and as I have stated a couple of times in response to your posts - a locking nut key is required if a wheel needs to be removed for repair etc.

Only if you have locking bolts on it. If you have a full complement of plain ones, then... no, a key is not needed.

and what I said re main dealer and you don't want your thread on the bolt the lock goes onto broken/etc and that will cost a lot of money

I'm still waiting to hear using a locker-removal socket is going to damage the thread on the stud (not spindle, however you wish to spell it). It'll muller the locker itself, sure. But they're going in the bin anyway, right?

JustAnotherSaver

AdrianC said:

willy-wave

Quite!

There seems to be a lot of that going on here.

And for that you need to shoulder some of the blame for it. Look at where it began - your opening statement - "It's a 14yo Mondeo. Is somebody REALLY going to be nicking your wheels and tyres?". If you weren't in such a rush to mock an old car and state the worthlessness of everything associated with it because this is MSE and we turn our nose up at every car older than 6 months point out the age (i'd already done that by saying 2006) and the obvious fact that they aren't £2000 alloys so the chances of them being stolen are slim then this willy waving going on likely wouldn't have happened.

As i never said my car is extremely expensive and my alloys are so desirable it was pretty clear that i was just wanting the damn lockers off the car. I never asked for a recommendation on new lockers, i never mentioned putting new ones back on. All i said was i wanted these things off. It takes two to have a willy waving competition. Otherwise you're just playing with yourself

Though yes, after that comment, you have been helpful.

shaun_from_Africa said:

How about somewhere like this:
https://www.lockingwheelnutkeys.co.uk/single-post/2016/05/17/Ford-Mondeo-Replacement-Locking-Wheel-Nut
£45 and they state that the code isn't needed, just a clear photo of the nut.

Thanks. I think i'll chance the mechanic for £45 though. I don't know if they use a standard photo for their listings but the one on that page certainly wouldn't do mine. Even still, like i said, for £45 i'll chance the mechanic.

I saw a YouTube video on how to do it. I reckon i could but i have a knack of damaging things. I saw one video saying the spinners are more difficult but still can be broken off. Our mechanic must surely have had more practice than me so i'll leave it with him. Best just give him advance notice though.

AdrianC said:

Assuming you're referring to wheel studs (do Mondeos even use a stud with a nut? Bolt into hub tends to be much more common), how will removing a locking nut damage the thread on the stud?

I haven't seen the wheels off so i can't say for 100% but from what i've read and the pictures i've seen, yes the Mondeo has wheel studs. Now i'm not saying that is a nailed on fact as like i said i'm not 100% sure.

I went down the local scrappers earlier. Literal needle in haystack job. Even if i had the car with me and not just a photo of it, it would be a case of sitting there with the bucket of keys and trying them all one by one, bucket after bucket. There were some that clearly weren't the one but others that could've been - yet i saw a minor difference.

After all that i'll see our mechanic to do it. Thanks for the feedback.

sweetsand

AdrianC said:

willy-wave

There seems to be a lot of that going on here.

And for that you need to shoulder some of the blame for it. Look at where it began - your opening statement - "It's a 14yo Mondeo. Is somebody REALLY going to be nicking your wheels and tyres?". If you weren't in such a rush to mock an old car and state the worthlessness of everything associated with it because this is MSE and we turn our nose up at every car older than 6 months point out the age (i'd already done that by saying 2006) and the obvious fact that they aren't £2000 alloys so the chances of them being stolen are slim then this willy waving going on likely wouldn't have happened.

As i never said my car is extremely expensive and my alloys are so desirable it was pretty clear that i was just wanting the damn lockers off the car. I never asked for a recommendation on new lockers, i never mentioned putting new ones back on. All i said was i wanted these things off. It takes two to have a willy waving competition. Otherwise you're just playing with yourself

I went down the local scrappers earlier. Literal needle in haystack job. Even if i had the car with me and not just a photo of it, it would be a case of sitting there with the bucket of keys and trying them all one by one, bucket after bucket. There were some that clearly weren't the one but others that could've been - yet i saw a minor difference.

After all that i'll see our mechanic to do it. Thanks for the feedback.

Dear OP
Excellent response especially to that AdrianC. I raise some of the points you raised as it was unhelful and uncessary and IMO it can put people off asking questions.  
ATB
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Jack_Cork

AdrianC said:

It's a 14yo Mondeo. Is somebody REALLY going to be nicking your wheels and tyres?

On MSE the answer should be 'yes they would be nicked' as it seems on here the most desirable car to purchase is a 14 year old Mondeo and anything else would be pure folly. 

AdrianC

JustAnotherSaver said:

And for that you need to shoulder some of the blame for it. Look at where it began - your opening statement - "It's a 14yo Mondeo. Is somebody REALLY going to be nicking your wheels and tyres?"

It's a simple statement of fact. The chances of the wheels being nicked are extremely low, let's be honest. They're almost certainly a relatively common - therefore cheap - tyre size.

No mocking was intended, and my apologies for any insult that was inferred.

nicechap

onlyfoolsandparking said:

sweetsand said:

George_Michael said:

onlyfoolsandparking said:

Was it a Robin Reliant?

Don't you mean a Reliant Robin?

LOL, the other poster was too busy I guess of wanting to praise me as usual she even got that easy bit wrong.

As did you (as usual) with SHE   

Its a common problem for them, but point blank refuse to admit it in another thread:  https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6180423/ex-will-get-holiday-refund-if-they-wont-give-it-back-anyway-to-force-them/p1

And are happy to promote indirect disability discrimination in their family's lettings: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6182341/private-landlords/p1

sweetsand

AdrianC said:

JustAnotherSaver said:

And for that you need to shoulder some of the blame for it. Look at where it began - your opening statement - "It's a 14yo Mondeo. Is somebody REALLY going to be nicking your wheels and tyres?"

It's a simple statement of fact. The chances of the wheels being nicked are extremely low, let's be honest. They're almost certainly a relatively common - therefore cheap - tyre size.

No mocking was intended, and my apologies for any insult that was inferred.

Several posters have picked up on your inappropriate statement which was uncalled for and unnecessary. Statements like that put off people from posting questions. Me and others faily to see the sensible side of that statement. When I first raised it you was dismissive and your tone has slightly changed for the better as others pick up on it but you are still claiming nothing wrong with that.  Simply put you was trying to undermine the poster just because he had an older car and I'm not the only one that sees it like that.
My advice to you is if you can't help, don't post something that mocks the OP.

You have just apologised but did not do it at the start when I picked that up but you are still in denial of what you said and that is the stance you need to change.

Thank you

bigadaj

sweetsand said:

AdrianC said:

JustAnotherSaver said:

And for that you need to shoulder some of the blame for it. Look at where it began - your opening statement - "It's a 14yo Mondeo. Is somebody REALLY going to be nicking your wheels and tyres?"

It's a simple statement of fact. The chances of the wheels being nicked are extremely low, let's be honest. They're almost certainly a relatively common - therefore cheap - tyre size.

No mocking was intended, and my apologies for any insult that was inferred.

Several posters have picked up on your inappropriate statement which was uncalled for and unnecessary. Statements like that put off people from posting questions. Me and others faily to see the sensible side of that statement. When I first raised it you was dismissive and your tone has slightly changed for the better as others pick up on it but you are still claiming nothing wrong with that.  Simply put you was trying to undermine the poster just because he had an older car and I'm not the only one that sees it like that.
My advice to you is if you can't help, don't post something that mocks the OP.

You have just apologised but did not do it at the start when I picked that up but you are still in denial of what you said and that is the stance you need to change.

Thank you

Pot and kettle?

The_Rainmaker

It's been a few years since we had one like this.