Have you checked your wheel nuts still fit in the wrench socket that sits with the jack?

When the nuts corrode, the stainless steel? casing expands meaning you can't engage the wrench.
You're most likely to encounter this when you trying to change the wheel on a dark rainy night , miles from anywhere!

The service guys, I'm sure , just use a 22mm impact socket for ease of use which is oversize , so unless you check you may never know until you do, so to speak.

" ...... the wrench socket that sits with the jack? ...... "

the wrench that is made of liquorice and the jack that is made out of meccano pieces !!


I carry a Spider Brace and a Trolley Jack. Sorted.

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AndyP wrote:

The service guys, I'm sure , just use a 22mm impact socket for ease of use which is oversize

I never let anyone with an impact gun near mine.

The Lug nutz swell due to rusting underneath the cover......I've "hammered" on my deep socket......carefully !

Last edited by MotionInc on 8th Apr 2021 5:55 pm. Edited 2 times in total

Hi,
having swollen nuts seems to be a symptom of owning a Landrover

Will carry a socket that fits when that time arrives, mine are still all good at the mo

Your right to Highlight it (to anyone that Would attempt a spare wheel change)

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my first ever FL2 and I did keep it longer than most other cars!
But its now gone way up Norf

Sorry, double post. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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Last edited by Lightwater on 9th Apr 2021 9:22 am. Edited 1 time in total

riverblanche wrote:

Hi,
having swollen nuts seems to be a symptom of owning a Landrover

The price is that much!  Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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The correct socket size is 21mm for the nuts.
Best to use a hex (6 sided) socket rather than a bi-hex though.

My 2014 Freelander 2 also suffers from this issue, and I have to use a 22mm socket to remove as 21mm won't fit them now. Has anyone fitted open ended M14x1.5 lug nuts (wheel nuts) with the correct seat taper such as these https://www.demon-tweeks.com/grayston-open...lsrc=aw.ds and then used wheel nut covers. Like VW and other manufactures. I am looking at this option as the original sealed type appear to fail within a year or so.

Lightwater wrote:

riverblanche wrote:

Hi,
having swollen nuts seems to be a symptom of owning a Landrover

The price is that much!

It certainly seems like it sometimes

and then the stealers even try and put them in a vice as well

 .
my first ever FL2 and I did keep it longer than most other cars!
But its now gone way up Norf

And the stealers have big vices..................

Just Had to replace all mine as one of them was upto a 23mm socket

I just checked my Impact socket vs regular socket

I don't have a 6 point 21 mm regular (but I do have a deep impact 21 mm) socket so I measured a 19 mm


19 mm regular socket measured 19.26 mm

19 mm impact socket measured 19.25 mm


For my money those are equal.

I misunderstood the original poster.

I didn't realize that he was saying that the Tyre shop, mechanics, etc. just uses a 22 mm instead of the correct 21 mm


Where I live rust isn't really a problem so I expect to use 21 mm for the next 20 years or so.


I pulled off a lug nut to check and it has a captive floating washer, its a quality lug nut. Credit to Land Rover for not building my SUV with low quality parts. Apologies to my Freel2 friends that live in corrosive environments and are less impressed with the choices made by the dedicated Land Rover team in the UK.


Take care

Paul