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Locking Wheel Nut Removal

Locking Wheel Nut Removal in Portsmouth

On Portsea Island the journey is part of the problem, because crossing the bridge or tunnel can add a long time to a short distance, and the island does not leave much room to work at the kerb. So we need the parking location, not just the town, before we come. If a locking nut has been forced and rounded on a seafront space, that is a delicate job on a surface giving little room to manoeuvre, and we plan for it accordingly.

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THE SITUATION

A wheel off in a seafront space

Portsea Island means every journey crosses a bridge or tunnel, and this call came out on the far side of the tunnel with the driver in a seafront space barely wide enough for the car, let alone a van. We asked him to move along two spaces before we set off, and that conversation on the phone saved roughly fifteen minutes of standing on the kerb. The wheel had come off on a roundabout and the alloy was underneath the vehicle, undamaged, which is the outcome that lets us do this as a refit rather than a replacement. The hub face was true, the locking key turned once it was cleaned out, and we were done in under half an hour. We pointed out that a kerb this close to a seafront is where most island damage starts, which is worth knowing before the next hire car goes the same way.

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 Portsmouth

  • On the island, give us the seafront space rather than the nearest street. The kerbsides are narrow enough that the wrong one costs half an hour.
  • If the wheel is underneath the car, do not try to drag it out before we arrive. Alloys crack at the rim under a car, and yours is worth keeping.
  • On the island, tell us the seafront space rather than the nearest street. If the alloy is under the car we need to know, because digging it out from a kerb is slow and damages rims.

QUESTIONS

Questions about locking wheel nut in Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth — 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.

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