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Locking Wheel Nut Removal

Locking Wheel Nut Removal in New Forest

The New Forest adds two complications the rest of our coverage does not. Roaming ponies and cattle on the lane mean work happens from a passing place, clear of the running lane, because that is the only place a van can safely stand. And signal disappears in places, so if we cannot reach you we keep trying rather than cancelling. If it helps we will ask you to walk to a clearer spot. Losing a locking key out here is a bad morning, and driving the vehicle elsewhere is rarely the answer.

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QUESTIONS

Questions about locking wheel nut in New Forest

Do all wheels have a locking nut, or just one?

Usually only one per vehicle, though some have two. Either way we can deal with it — tell us how many you think are locked when you get in touch.

I have no key and the car is in New Forest — what do I send you?

A photo of the nut head, your registration, and roughly where the car is parked. That is usually enough for us to confirm the job and give you a price.

Can you supply a replacement locking key?

No — we do not manufacture keys. We remove the nut instead, which gets you moving without replacing the whole locking set.

THE SITUATION

A wheel off on a forest lane

The vehicle was on a single-track lane and the driver was standing in a passing place, which is the only place we would have worked anyway. With ponies and cattle loose on these lanes, a van sitting in the running lane stops traffic entirely and that is not a risk we take. The alloy had come off on a bend and was in the hedge, undamaged but muddy. Signal dropped twice while we were talking, so we agreed the job by text and worked from what we had. The hub was true and the key turned once it was dug out of the mud, and we refitted against the correct torque. The part worth repeating to him: nothing on a lane that narrow will hold a wheel on by itself, so if it starts to move again, stop and do not limp on.

HOW WE WORK

How we remove a locking wheel nut

  1. 01

    Send a photo

    WhatsApp a clear photo of the locking nut and your registration so we can confirm what we are dealing with.

  2. 02

    Confirm the job

    We tell you what we can remove and give a price before setting off.

  3. 03

    We come to you

    Our van arrives with extraction tooling for the nut type we discussed.

  4. 04

    Wheel back on

    The nut is removed, the wheel refitted and torqued, and you are ready to drive away.

LOCAL ADVICE

Practical advice for New Forest

  • If signal is patchy, send your messages and expect a text back rather than a call. We will agree the job by text and confirm on arrival.
  • On a forest lane, get into a passing place before you call. A van cannot work from the running lane with livestock loose, and we will not try.
  • Tell us which passing place you are nearest. If the alloy is in a hedge on a single-track lane, reaching it decides how long this takes, and that is worth knowing before we set off.

NEARBY

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