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flashburn · 03-31-2012, 02:46 PM

So I did something really stupid. I was trying to swap out my rotors, and failed, couldn't get the damn thing off. I decided I was just going to take it over to a guy at Nissan that I trust to do it.

In the process of putting back on my wheels, I forgot to put on the spacer. It wasn't until my car was back on the ground, and I was torquing up the lugnuts when I noticed that the wheel lock was just spinning in place, immediately I realized that the spacer wasn't on there. I jacked the car back up, removed the lug nuts, but the wheel lock is just spinning in place. It feels like it's separated from itself.

Any idea how I can get this bastard off?

Worst case is, I have some open ended lug nuts, I should be able to throw those on the other 4 bolts, and at least drive to Nissan. How safe will that be? Nissan is like 5 miles away, on a 50 mph road.

03-31-2012, 02:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
flashburn A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,884 Drives: '12 Corvette GS 6M Rep Power: 18	F'ed up my wheel lock? Help! So I did something really stupid. I was trying to swap out my rotors, and failed, couldn't get the damn thing off. I decided I was just going to take it over to a guy at Nissan that I trust to do it. In the process of putting back on my wheels, I forgot to put on the spacer. It wasn't until my car was back on the ground, and I was torquing up the lugnuts when I noticed that the wheel lock was just spinning in place, immediately I realized that the spacer wasn't on there. I jacked the car back up, removed the lug nuts, but the wheel lock is just spinning in place. It feels like it's separated from itself. Any idea how I can get this bastard off? Worst case is, I have some open ended lug nuts, I should be able to throw those on the other 4 bolts, and at least drive to Nissan. How safe will that be? Nissan is like 5 miles away, on a 50 mph road. __________________ Current Ride: 2012 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Centennial Edition Carbon Flash 6M Previous Ride: 2009 Nissan 370Z Sport Platinum Graphite 7AT