Quote Originally Posted by schoona View Post
VW keep a set of all the master keys and match them up to which one you have.

Yes you can drill, but it can be pretty hard steel on the lock nuts and difficult to drill, especially if using a cordless or something.

Get an imperial socket a little bit smaller and a small sledge. Use a 6" extension and belt the socket onto the stud and then crack it off.

Had to do this today.

If you are skilled with punches and chisels, by all means.

Weld a 16mm nut (weld on the inside with the thread) and leave clearance for a 2omm socket around the outside. Be careful you don't heat the rim though.

Tighten first, then impact along the centre axis (belt the front face with a dolly) then try and loosen it that way.

HTH
Unsurprisingly, this is pretty much everything that was tried on the last busted lock nut we had, ended up just snapping it off the head and drilling it out of the hub.


The sledge trick works great for busted alloy caps on some nuts (specifically Bentley) sometimes they get damaged by rattle guns and can't be removed by a correctly sized bolt, so you have to smash off the alloy covers to get to the steel beneath.

A little off-topic now though.