During some recent brake maintenance, I was puzzled when my usual wheel nut socket didn't appear to fit some of the nuts, and actually seemed to be too small. Upon closer inspection I discovered that the nuts appear to be swelling, probably due to corrosion under the shiny decorative cover which is firmly attached to the 'proper' nut. I had to use an oversize socket to get most of them off and they were basically all rendered useless.
The only solution was to get a new set of wheel nuts (stunning service from Duckworth's as usual )
So if you don't want to get caught out on a cold, dark, rainy night when you have a wheel to change ..... check your nuts guys!  Cheers,
Raz
FL1 TD4 GS Auto 2001 Silver
FL2 TD4 Auto 2007 Black
FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2012 Fuji White

in general I feel the nuts are not best quality, especially the locking ones.

Iain

mine are still hanging ok  rainy-city
xs

one of mine is bigger than the other At work
At home

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Perhasp they should be examined by a specialist? 2002 Honda VFR800
2002 Toyota Celica 140 Silver (mid life crisis - again!)
2007 FL2 GS Manual Army Reconnaissance Green + freel2.com sticker
2004 Toyota Celica 140 Black - Gone
2000 Toyota Celica 140 Silver - Gone
1998 Toyota Celica ST Pearl Green - Gone
1996 Nissan Primera 1.6 - Gone
1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

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xs

chicken george wrote:

one of mine is bigger than the other

That's normal CG (according to her Ladyship that is)

unless you have one that's corroding CG, slap a bit of vaseline on it

chicken george wrote:

one of mine is bigger than the other

don't you usually find "odd balls" in a RRS  2002 Honda VFR800
2002 Toyota Celica 140 Silver (mid life crisis - again!)
2007 FL2 GS Manual Army Reconnaissance Green + freel2.com sticker
2004 Toyota Celica 140 Black - Gone
2000 Toyota Celica 140 Silver - Gone
1998 Toyota Celica ST Pearl Green - Gone
1996 Nissan Primera 1.6 - Gone
1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

When the Mrs returns in the Freelander later I will go straight outside and check my nuts with her on the driveway

Great advice  Black FL2
L200 Warrior

My locking nuts have been showing signs of 'rusting' (especially during the winter but, with the amount of salt going on the roads the last coupleof years not supprised). I now apply an acid wheel cleaner to them every couple of weeks in the winter and rinse afterwards - keeps them looking nice and also removes any rust stain from the alloy ..... 2008 Freelander2 GS TD4
New steering pump and rack fitted 10000 miles (warranty)
Driver's seat started 'dropping' 30000 miles
Rear parking sensors giving continuous tone when raining heavy 35000 miles
Rear parking brake siezed 40000 ... new rear disks and pads (warranty)
Clutch slipping 54,000 ... new clutch ... £800 ! ... (not warranty)
Rear diff bearings replaced at 60,000 and 85,000 (warranty)
New DMF and clutch, rear diff (uprated nose bearing), front and rear disks at 115,000

Dave, I have used an acid wheel cleaner previously on a Merc, it stripped the plating from the air filler valve, it went very thin and copper coloured, I stopped using it when I noticed that, check yours, you may be surprised

I went to Costco for my last set of tyres at approx 60k (07 GS) miles and they noticed one of the nuts had swollen and the socket barely fit it. They brough it to my attention and I got a replacement asap from the helpful guys at Team Valley land rover.