Spare out at Birchanger Green, jack ready, and the locking wheel nut key left at home? Our extractors free that nut without scuffing the alloy, the wheel gets regular nuts, and the flat is sorted too.
M11 drivers can learn the locking key has gone astray at the worst moment, perhaps on the way to Stansted with a puncture, or when collecting the car from the long-stay after a holiday. Other drivers have the key but find the nut chewed by an impact tool at a previous service. Either way the spare cannot go on and recovery drivers cannot shift the wheel, leaving a flight or a Harlow shift hanging on one nut.
Give us the make, the model and the alloy size, and explain whether the key has vanished or the nut is mangled. Extractors made for locking nuts draw it off without drilling or scratching the wheel, an ordinary nut is threaded on, after which the tyre that caused the stop is repaired or replaced. Charges for both are agreed by phone before the van leaves NW2.
Need something else? Our pages on emergency tyre repair on the M11 and emergency mobile tyre fitting explain those jobs.
Loughton station car park, Birchanger Green, a Stansted long-stay row or a Harlow business park road are all fine for it. No wheel comes off on the M11 hard shoulder.
| Road | M11 London to Stansted |
|---|---|
| Operator | National Highways |
How locking wheel nuts are removed →Locking wheel nut removal on the M11 page
Locking key lost near Highams Park or Chingford? Highams Park station and Hall Lane, the A1009, are simple references, and a side road nearby works well for the job. Go through the glovebox, door bins and boot carefully. When it has definitely disappeared, the locked nuts are taken off with an extraction set made for the purpose and replaced with ordinary ones.
Before calling, look for the key inside the jack kit, the tray beneath the boot carpet and the glovebox of the car heading for Stansted. A code card from the handbook can help order a copy. Ownership may be questioned, so the logbook or lease papers are worth having. Extraction is done carefully so the alloy is not scored, and a new security set is only worth fitting if you want the protection back. Wait at Birchanger Green.
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Locking key lost and a tyre to sort near the M11? Ring from a safe stop.
