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Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - Pipps - 14-10-2012 Today I lost the locking wheel nut key for the original bolts which came with my original 15" cyclones. I was under pressure and realise now that I left the key on the nearside-rear wheel before driving two miles down the road. I took a long walk later this afternoon, but could not find it anywhere. How can I get a replacement? Or just get the wheels off? RE: Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - Niall - 14-10-2012 any tyre shop will have the tools to remove them. Probably abut 10 minutes work to get all 4 out then go and buy a decent set of lockers. The original pug ones are crap! RE: Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - Dum-Dum - 14-10-2012 Nobody is gonna steal clones so you might as well just get 4 normal bolts and never have to worry about loosing the key again. RE: Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - C.A.R. - 14-10-2012 As DumDum says, currently on the lookout for 4 standard bolts for This very reason! I have the bolt removing tools if you're local RE: Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - puglove - 14-10-2012 Find a socket that is a touch smaller than the locker , smash it over the top with a larg hammer and crack it off, do this x4 then as said above replace with normal wheel nuts, iv done this on all 3 of my current 306 because the lockers are such a PITA RE: Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - Dave - 14-10-2012 yeh socket works well. RE: Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - Willo - 15-10-2012 If its any help I've done the socket method all be it on a ford was 19 or 21 mm socket smack it on with a hammer and hey presto universal locking nut removal tool and very effective to may I add RE: Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - 1616six - 15-10-2012 We used a socket on mine, I now have 3 stud weight saving cylones. RE: Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - Pipps - 15-10-2012 I have tried the socket method for all I am worth with a big claw hammer but have been unable to get it to key-into the locking nut. I have tried 15mm, 17mm, 19mm, 21mm, and 23mm, hammering hard for as long as I could - but nothing. This is with brand new chrome vanadium driver heads. I don't understand how it could be so easy for everyone else! If anyone with the right tools is located near the Midlands, Cheshire, or Nottingham, please let me know as I would be very grateful for your help. I am collecting new alloy wheels on Friday and would love to be able to fit them! Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - ash240970 - 15-10-2012 I've got lots of old imperial sockets that yo can hammer over if you want to come and grab a few - located Droitwich RE: Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - Pipps - 20-10-2012 For reference, these 4-pin locking wheel nut keys supplied by Peugeot for the later 306s, are an absolutely nightmare to remove. The socket and hammer method does not work. Andy and I couldn't shift them. The six garages that I visited in central Birmingham also either took one look and refused, or tried and came up short. My service manual tells me that my wheel nut key code is H6X1. If anyone can help me then please let me know. Thanks Looks like I am not the only one who has had a nightmare with these keys: http://www.peugeotforums.com/forums/general-discussion-2/lost-locking-wheel-nut-keys-24944/ http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=51113 RE: Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - DaveW - 21-10-2012 Not sure if a socket called a gator grip would work on that, heres something simlar with some ideas http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?467751-grrrrrr-i-just-rounded-off-a-locking-wheel-nut RE: Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - Connor - 21-10-2012 Those sockets are complete wank... RE: Locking wheel nut key replacement for cyclones? - Pipps - 21-10-2012 We tried welding a hex nut to it today - various sizes - all failed. My brother is skilled with a mig, but the size of the nut, and the lack of access due to the alloy wheel closely surrounding it, made the welding conditions less than ideal. The other bolts on each wheel were tightened to over 100nm, and when we used a breaker-bar on the welded hex nut, it broke the weld. Repeatedly. Nothing for it but to let Peugeot ra*e me for £50 for a replacement key.