Nope, and all they would have needed was a hammer...
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 11/21/09 4:58 PM, Murray Arundell at arundell@ghs.com.au wrote:
>
> Written by someone who has never come back to his car to find one or all of
> his wheels missing...... :)
>
> Murray Arundell
> Brisbane Australia
>
> On Sun Nov 22 10:50 , Max Heim sent:
>
>> The question is, why somebody felt it was necessary to protect their
>> Rostyles with a special locking nut....
>>
>> --
>>
>> Max Heim
>> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
>> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>>
>> on 11/21/09 4:19 PM, Charles Hill at chillmog@sbcglobal.net wrote:
>>
>>> This happens fairly frequently with the street rod crowd. Either the key
>>> is lost or someone buys a car without the key. Simple solution is to
>>> grind or sand the plating off of the top of the wheel lock and weld an
>>> appropriate size lug nut to the lock then take the whole mess off like a
>>> regular lug nut. You won't be re-using the wheel lock anyway so nothing
>>> lost.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Charles Hill
>>>
>>> Woerpel wrote:
>>>> A friend bought a '76 MGB with Rostyle wheels and wheel locks
>>>> and....no key. The locking wheel nut has 3 grooves on the outside of
>>>> the nut running the long axis of the nut. The grooves are spaced a
>>>> specific distance apart and accept a keyed socket to remove the nut.
>>>> So if one doesn't have a key how does one remove the nut? The rib of
>>>> the wheel won't allow a grip type wrench. A cut off wheel won't get
>>>> to the taper of the nut. Is there a place to purchase a key?
>>>> Thanks for any assistance.
>>>>
>>>> Dave W.
>>>> 59 MGA 1500
>>>> 59 :{)
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