locking nut removal

[nathancoyleNI]

I lost my locking nut at the weekend when I was working on my brakes. Think i tightened the wheel bolts on then left the lock nut on so its lying on some road somewhere. Anyways its one of the ones thats circle and has 4 pins so no simple way of removing it. Went to a garage today and they said £48, £12 a wheel then, does that seem a decent price or should I check a few others?

[Tontsy]

hammer and chisel...
lug nut remover...
drill...

plenty of ways to do it yourself.

[whitevanmen]

it happened to me,i lost my locking nut once,i used a socket which i hammered onto the bolt and managed to undo it.Good luck !

[myk1992]

I would go with Tonto's response, a good old hammer never fails to fix anything...can't go wrong with some brute force

[jimmerblunt]

get a urwin removal set ive got some and there ace i payed £20 for set of different one for 8mm to 19mm

: (irwin bolt extractor)

[Petee]

Depends what kind of nut it is, if its one of the round ones where the key is inside the nut. i got a socket that was a bit smaller than the nut. bashed it on with a hammer. worked perfectly. use it for all of the others as well doesnt ruin it!