locking wheel bolt key(not on a nova)

[brucer]

hey everybody,just brought me a new car( vectra b dti,) and havnt got the locking wheel key,just wandered if anybody that owned/owns a vec has one i can buy or lend to remove them.

before anybody asks i have tried the following on one of the bolts:

-been to vaux and they dont stock this type of wheel key only the newer, most popular keys.
-tried welding a nut onto the bolt,but it wont hold a weld onto it.
-air chisel but its too deep to get anywhere with
-and breaking off the colar and smashing a 16m impact socket onto it.

here are a few pics of the bolt,sorry for the bad images but having the flash on only made the picture un-viewable so had to try hold a torch up to it while holding phone.:)

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z24/bachilds1988/DSC01483.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z24/bachilds1988/DSC01482.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z24/bachilds1988/DSC01479.jpg

any help would be appreciated.:thumb:

bruce

[Andy]

Where did you bring it from?

[Welsh Dan]

A friend of mine had a similar problem. An independant tyre fitter place sorted it for him for about £15.

[mowgli]

there are tools available, try your local alloy wheel shop.....

[brainsnova]

have you tried gator grip the thing with the pins

[brucer]

i havnt tried any locking bolt tools such as the gator grip, but i have been on vvoc and found a thread from someone elses mishap with locking bolts.tsome one said they wernt any good.

i have posted a thread on there and a chap has pointed out that i need a key wth the letter D on it,just like the bolt.so all i can do is go back to vaux and see if they can get that key.

thanks for the replys.

[mowgli]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOCKING-WHEEL-NUT-REMOVAL-TOOL_W0QQitemZ300255524559QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ200 80904?IMSfp=TL080904136r10108

look at the above link, it might just be the thing for you

[Andy]

Ive heard they mash up them pins,you can get a set where you screw them onto the nut and it removes them,sortof the same principal as an easy-out

[hendrix]

same as what was on my missus 1.4SR. The key ended up fubarred. I used a 19mm socket smacked over the top. Worked a treat!

[novarobbo]

i done my old corsa the same

[mowgli]

Ive heard they mash up them pins,you can get a set where you screw them onto the nut and it removes them,sortof the same principal as an easy-out

all well & good, but drilling the pilot hole to get the stud extractor in is going to be hard due to the hardening process on the bolt

[Mazz]

Try these : http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsessionid=YAQUWTWGZO3VACSTHZOSFFA?_dync h****t=UTF-8&fh_search=locking+wheel+nut&x=0&y=0

[brucer]

that pin one could do the trick.think ill wait till i go to vaux tomorrow and then contemplate on one of them tools,

thanks alot guys