wheel nut sockets that go into a drill ?

[RESOLVIWOLF]

is there an adapter to do this ... so i can put my sockets onto my household drill

just find it a real pain winding 16 wheel nuts off then winding them on loosely again when changing tyres and whilst i dont want anything with big torque to do the actually tightening and inital loosening it would be nice to be able to spin the nuts on and off quickly with my portable drill.

[Luke Beaumont]

Take a cheap & nasty socket extension and saw it off to a couple of inches. You'll then have a round shank you can mount in your drill with a square drive on the end.

[Mr Locust]

I have a cheapo set of three 1/4" 3/8" and 1/2" from Screwfix catalogue some time ago.

 

Ian

 

Green and Silver Roadsport 😬

[Baby Bucket]

Jackal,

 

Hi, yes there is - look at www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/cat.jsp?cId=101105&ts=74662 "Nut drivers" - work well in a large cordless screwdriver.

 

Cheers,

 

Peter

 

PS Do like your website.

[shn7]

I bought a set off a motor factor advertising them on ebay here. Arrived in a couple of days.

 

Was put off screwfix by the need to pay £4.95 delivery for a small order.

 

Steve.

[Frying Pan]

That set's been sold 😳

 

Another set here

 

Guy

 

See some pictures of the build here. 4000 miles completed!

[Tony C]

Cor Blimey - the nuts only take six turns to do up. I use a long reach socket to avoid damaging the chrome finish. Stick the nut in the socket and run it on by hand, then on with the torque wrench 😬

 

BRG Brooklands SV 😬 It seems that perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

[Bare]

I find that a Cross Bar wheel nut wrench is V easy to use: put the appropriate size end on the offending nut, use yr left hand as a support/bearing and whack the crossbar , inertia will usually spin it around a few times.. repeat if necessary.. (Saves on having to drag the Drill out :-) Then use your Torque Wrench for final tightening.

[Paul McKenzie]

I know where Jackal's coming from. The MB mags are the problem...they're a real PITA to take on and off....access for fingers, thin wall socket, sticky on the thread etc.

 

Paul

[Irrelevant]

inertia will usually spin it around a few times

Just be careful it doesn't spin round, hit your wrist, and go straight through the fact of your expensive wrist watch 😳

 

No longer after a 3.14 diff.

[Beelzebub]

[hijack thread]

 

Anybody know what the torque setting is for the wheel nuts 🤔

 

Thanks in advance, D

 

[/hijack thread]

[shn7]

55 lb/ft for std minilites. Not sure for other wheel types.

 

Steve.

[murph7355]

I bought an electric wheel nut drill for about a tenner with various sockets included. Runs off the lighter.

 

Can't recall where it was from though - Draper or somewhere.

[shn7]

You have a lighter in your Seven

 

Steve.

[caterhamnut]

The £14 one I got from Halfords works off a lighter socket, but had a socket included which had wires with croc clips on the end, so you could attach it directly onto the battery.

Yes, it is something you think you don't need, and for the odd change, fair enough, but for track days, or handling days when we changed a complete set of wheels 3 times, it is a big help - so why not - not exactly expensive.

 

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75,000miles in 3 years

[paulyb]

Go on.....treat yourself 😬 😬