Spare wheel out at Norton Canes and no sign of the locking key? We take the nut off the alloy cleanly, fit ordinary nuts and deal with the tyre on the same visit.
Toll-road drivers in company cars and hire cars can discover the locking key problem only when they need it: parked at Norton Canes with a puncture, in a Tamworth retail park off T4, or at home in Castle Bromwich. The key belongs to a previous driver, sits in another car or snaps on the first turn. Then a borrowed socket slips, the nut rounds, and a simple tyre job has stalled.
Stop before the nut rounds any further; forcing a hammered socket over it is how alloy faces get chewed. When you call, tell us the make, the wheel style and whether the key is missing or broken. The fitter removes the locking nut with purpose-made extractors, replaces it with a plain nut and then handles the puncture or the new tyre while there, with the price confirmed first.
Related help from the same Brent Cross team covers emergency tyre repair on the M6 Toll and burst tyre replacement on the M6 Toll.
Removal needs a level, parked car: Norton Canes services, a Tamworth retail park off the A5, or a Lichfield or Castle Bromwich street. Locking nuts never come off at the toll plazas, the exit booths or anywhere on the M6 Toll lanes.
| Road | M6 Toll Birmingham northern relief road |
|---|---|
| Operator | Midland Expressway Ltd |
How locking wheel nuts are removed →Locking wheel nut removal on the M6 Toll page
Princess Alice Retail Park, South Parade Car Park and the area around Sutton Coldfield station are places where a missing locking key can become a problem after a trip on the M6 Toll. The fitter extracts a locking nut without its key and refits the wheel. Let us know the make and how many of the four are locked.
Two things help most with a locking nut after the M6 Toll: the key itself and its code card. Check the glovebox, the boot floor well and the spare wheel well for either, as a code lets a new key be ordered. The fitter may ask for ownership papers, such as the V5C or a lease agreement. Protective tooling guards the alloy during removal, and a new locking set can go on afterwards. Park level in Lichfield or at Norton Canes.
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Lost the locking key off the M6 Toll? Wait at Norton Canes, Lichfield or Cannock and call.
