Tyre fitter snapped locking nut
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 3:26 pm
Bit of advice everyone, if you could be so kind.
Ordered two new tyres through Blackcircles, booked in to get them fitted on Saturday and the tyre fitter snapped the locking wheel key in the nut. My thought at the time was just to get the nut drilled out and it would be sorted. I called one place and he said it would be £60 to get the four drilled out so I thought, fuck that, I'll see what I can do to at least get two off for now as I had more spare normal nuts in the shed. With the right size socket bit, it looks easy enough to hammer it on and hopefully get it off that way. Biggest socket I had was 20mm and it was way too small. I ordered a 24mm from Halfords and picked it up the same day but it fits over the top rather be than tightly so needs to be smaller.
However, should I leave this to Blackcircles to sort out because the garage, working on behalf of them, has mucked it up? Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience with them.
Thanks all
Ordered two new tyres through Blackcircles, booked in to get them fitted on Saturday and the tyre fitter snapped the locking wheel key in the nut. My thought at the time was just to get the nut drilled out and it would be sorted. I called one place and he said it would be £60 to get the four drilled out so I thought, fuck that, I'll see what I can do to at least get two off for now as I had more spare normal nuts in the shed. With the right size socket bit, it looks easy enough to hammer it on and hopefully get it off that way. Biggest socket I had was 20mm and it was way too small. I ordered a 24mm from Halfords and picked it up the same day but it fits over the top rather be than tightly so needs to be smaller.
However, should I leave this to Blackcircles to sort out because the garage, working on behalf of them, has mucked it up? Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience with them.
Thanks all