vauxhall centre caps, and lack of key to undo them!

andrew_lumb · 23-05-2005, 12:21

i used the key to remove front wheels to change brake pads/disks last week, and i am positive i chucked it back in the boot with the jack and the wrench, yet today i came to remove the front to change a wheel bearing and i couldnt find it anywhere - even looked high and low in the garage, still no luck

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can i get a replacement key, or do i have to drill the lot out and buy a new set?

assuming the latter, do vauxhall sell just the bolts and a key? - how much?

cheers, andrew

SimonP · 23-05-2005, 12:30

You talking about these?

Maybe shouldn't be discussed on here as technically, it could be an aid to criminals. Anyway, a pair of long nose pliers and you should be able to get them off. You can't get replacement keys.

You need to buy a complete set. They are around 13 quid on TC from Vauxhall. I lost my key and wanted to replace the old bolts manky bolts with a new set.

andrew_lumb · 23-05-2005, 12:33

yeh, thats what i meant, cheers Si
ill probs buy new in the week then and use pliers for now

Haynzee · 23-05-2005, 12:35

to get the centre cap bolts off, hammer a spline bit down the centre hole. then undo with a ratchet. you can re-use them that way too, if you find the key later on.

Hendry · 23-05-2005, 16:26

we broke our key and had to drill the lock nut on each wheel out rather than the centre cap nut,

the ones you are referring to are £16 a set for new bolts and key.

it is possible to get a new key on its own however, if you have the sheet of paper with the code on it, (tends to be the code isnt written on the sheet of paper tho, as was the case with my original set and the new 1s I bought)

23-05-2005, 12:21	#1
andrew_lumb MIGWeb User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hudds and Notts Drives: Skoda Octavia vRS iTrader: (4) Posts: 1,554	vauxhall centre caps, and lack of key to undo them! i used the key to remove front wheels to change brake pads/disks last week, and i am positive i chucked it back in the boot with the jack and the wrench, yet today i came to remove the front to change a wheel bearing and i couldnt find it anywhere - even looked high and low in the garage, still no luck . can i get a replacement key, or do i have to drill the lot out and buy a new set? assuming the latter, do vauxhall sell just the bolts and a key? - how much? cheers, andrew

23-05-2005, 12:35	#4
Haynzee MIGWeb User Join Date: Jul 2000 iTrader: (16) Posts: 14,530	to get the centre cap bolts off, hammer a spline bit down the centre hole. then undo with a ratchet. you can re-use them that way too, if you find the key later on. __________________ BRB when the gagged ones are reinstated

23-05-2005, 12:30	#2
SimonP MIGWeb User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Portishead Drives: 300ZX TT & Passat R iTrader: (0) Posts: 38,856	You talking about these? Maybe shouldn't be discussed on here as technically, it could be an aid to criminals. Anyway, a pair of long nose pliers and you should be able to get them off. You can't get replacement keys. You need to buy a complete set. They are around 13 quid on TC from Vauxhall. I lost my key and wanted to replace the old bolts manky bolts with a new set.

23-05-2005, 12:33	#3
andrew_lumb MIGWeb User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hudds and Notts Drives: Skoda Octavia vRS iTrader: (4) Posts: 1,554	yeh, thats what i meant, cheers Si ill probs buy new in the week then and use pliers for now

23-05-2005, 16:26	#5
Hendry MIGWeb User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Glasgow-ish Drives: 1997 Astra F 1.6 LS iTrader: (0) Posts: 352	we broke our key and had to drill the lock nut on each wheel out rather than the centre cap nut, the ones you are referring to are £16 a set for new bolts and key. it is possible to get a new key on its own however, if you have the sheet of paper with the code on it, (tends to be the code isnt written on the sheet of paper tho, as was the case with my original set and the new 1s I bought)