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Wheel nuts
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 8:02 am
by andy
Does anyone know if FTO wheel nuts are common with other cars.
I've lost the key to my locking wheel nuts and I've got to drill them out - but obviously I've got to replace them afterwards!
Cheers
Andy
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 1:49 pm
by Boris
Have you tried going around tyre places and asking if they have various lock nut keys?
It worked for a friend of mine, and i'm sure they will have a better solution then drilling it out, which sounds a bit extreme to me
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:12 am
by andy
I've found a friend at a local garage who's got a tool for getting them off, but they get destroyed in the process - so I'm back to finding some replacements and needing to know if they are the same as lancers or whatever.
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:03 am
by TheSentry
I'll check when I get home, but I believe you need nuts that are 1.5. And if that doesn't make much sense, they r the same as Magnas.
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:12 am
by ruchi
From memory you're right Sentry, they're the same as the Magna
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:39 pm
by D-TRAIN
It's a M12 X P1.5
M12 - Diametre of bolt pattern (mm)
P1.5 - Distance between the middle of 2 groove patterns (mm)
I wished I had a diagram to explain.
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:50 pm
by andy
Great job guys.
I know what the numbers mean - the P stands for pitch and measures the courseness of the thread, like the old Threads per inch (TPI) used to.