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NickR33

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NickR33

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um okay... just tried to put my new rims on and the bloody spanner won't fit far enough into the rim to tighten the nut all the way... grrrr .... do I need different nuts... (excuse the pun)... maybe an allen key type arrangenment or just longer thinner nuts... just have the stocko ones on their at the moment... annoying thing is its only a matter of mm keeping the spanner from getting all the way in there... meh :D

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you mean socket, right?

anyway, we have trouble with the race rims all the time, wheels with big offsets tend to have the wheel nuts a long way into the wheel.

what you need is a deep socket (preferably impact socket). And it has to have a wall thin enough to fit in the hole in the wheel, check before you buy.

type of wheel nut doesn't really matter, even with the long style you are meant to get the socket all the way to the base of the wheel nut.

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