Bit of an odd question, but does anyone know if the 2011 Octavia with the 19 inch Alloys originally had locking wheel nuts?

 

Reason I ask is that my husband decided to give our teenagers a bit of a lesson on car maintenance today, went to show them how to change a wheel and found that the wrench/brace doesn't fit the wheel nuts and also that he has a key for locking wheel nuts but there are no locking nuts on the car...

 

We had the entire set of tyres changed last year (first set since new!) and he's now wondering if there has been a bit of jiggery pokery going on.  

 

Looks like we'll need an urgent trip to find a brace to fit the nuts tomorrow as sure as eggs is eggs, we will get a puncture and as it is, we have no way of getting the bloody wheel off!  Car originally came with inflation thing but we purchased a spare tyre retrospectively from the dealer.

 

From a rough measure it seems that the nuts are at least 23mm.

 

Anyone any ideas?

 

Obviously i am asking a silly question, 

but are the covers removed from the wheel bolts before your husband is putting the wheel Brace / Locking Bolt socket on to them?

There are no silly questions...

 

There are covers on them?  How do those come off?

11 minutes ago, amck5700 said:

Bit of an odd question, but does anyone know if the 2011 Octavia with the 19 inch Alloys originally had locking wheel nuts?

 

Reason I ask is that my husband decided to give our teenagers a bit of a lesson on car maintenance today, went to show them how to change a wheel and found that the wrench/brace doesn't fit the wheel nuts and also that he has a key for locking wheel nuts but there are no locking nuts on the car...

 

We had the entire set of tyres changed last year (first set since new!) and he's now wondering if there has been a bit of jiggery pokery going on.  

 

Looks like we'll need an urgent trip to find a brace to fit the nuts tomorrow as sure as eggs is eggs, we will get a puncture and as it is, we have no way of getting the bloody wheel off!  Car originally came with inflation thing but we purchased a spare tyre retrospectively from the dealer.

 

From a rough measure it seems that the nuts are at least 23mm.

 

Anyone any ideas?

 

Hi, is there a black tool that looks like a pair of tweezers in one of the slots of the spare wheel packing piece ? This tool is for removing the chrome trim cover (one per nut) that fits over the wheel nuts - the wheel brace should fit the nuts once you have removed these covers.

3 minutes ago, amck5700 said:

There are no silly questions...

 

There are covers on them?  How do those come off?

Hi, see my reply below.

Thanks  Will look for wee tool but managed to take one of with a screwdriver..

 

Found little black plastic thing - he was wondering what that was for!  

 

Thank you once again people - I love this forum!

Now thinking maybe I should be doing the vehicle maintenance lessons...   At least I can change a tyre on my car.

just a question on this, 19'' alloys?? I don't think they are original I don't know any mk2's with 19''s

 

glad you got your issue sorted though

Edited 18 September, 20178 yr by Gissin

Believe MK2 only came with 18" alloys and the nuts are 17mm