If you were looking for a garage near Woodgate or Jiggins Lane because the locking nut key has gone missing, the job can be done where the car is parked instead. The nut comes off with removal tools, with care for the alloy, and a standard nut goes back on.
Bartley Green is about 96 miles in a straight line from our only base at Brent Cross, NW2 (further by road). We have no base or van stationed nearby. Call and we will tell you straight away whether we can take the job; if we can, the arrival time is given on the call.
Rescue Tyres has no workshop in this part of Birmingham, or anywhere else: we are a mobile tyre service with one depot, in north London. A stuck locking nut does not need the car moved, because the removal is done at the wheel.
From B32 we are a long way off, so we take the job only when the diary allows. If we cannot come, you hear that on the call, which leaves you free to try someone nearer.
Estate roads, cul-de-sacs and driveways around Woodgate, California, Adams Hill, Genners Lane and Scotland Lane are the easiest places to work, provided the car is on firm, level ground with space beside the wheel.
Newman University, the Leisure Centre and Woodgate Business Park have their own car parks, and the people who run them decide whether work can be done there. The same goes for the parking by the Jiggins Lane shops. Ask before you book.
We never work on the carriageway of a motorway or main road, on a hard shoulder, in a smart motorway emergency area or on a slip road. A car stopped on the Quinton Expressway or near M5 junctions 3 and 4 has to be moved off the road first.
Say on the call if a puncture or a worn tyre is the reason the wheel has to come off, and read us the size from the sidewall. Common sizes are often on the van; other sizes are sourced for the job.
The price depends on how many locking nuts need removing and whether you want standard nuts or a new locking set, plus any tyre work. It is confirmed on the call before anyone sets off, and it does not change in the evening or at the weekend.
Most cars with locking wheel nuts have one on each wheel, with a patterned head that only its matching key will turn. The key is a small socket that fits between the nut and the wheel brace. Without it the wheel cannot come off, so a lost or broken key turns a simple puncture into a bigger job.
Each key has a code, usually on a small card that came with the car or stamped on the key itself. With the code, a replacement key can often be ordered from a dealer or the lock maker, which is worth doing if the wheel does not need to come off urgently.
A nut can also be damaged: the pattern rounds off when the wrong tool or an impact gun is used, or the key snaps inside the nut. In those cases the key would not help even if it turned up, and the nut has to be removed.
Every wheel nut is tightened to the maker's setting with a torque wrench. It is good practice to have the nuts checked again after the first short drive following any wheel work, as alloy wheels can settle slightly.
If you want locking nuts again, a new set can be fitted later. Keep the new key in the glovebox and note the key code somewhere outside the car, such as on your phone, so a replacement key can be ordered if it goes missing.
Tell us whether the key is lost, broken or rounded off. A clear photo of one of the nuts helps.
You hear what the job involves and the options for your car. Nothing is booked until you say yes.
The fitter comes to your home, your workplace or a safe place to park, raises the car on a jack and does the job beside it.
Before the fitter leaves, the wheel is checked for security and the tyre pressure is set to the maker's figure.
If the key turns up but does not fit, or it slips on the nut, stop rather than force it: a rounded nut is harder to remove.
The previous owner, or the dealer that sold the car, may still have the key or its code, so a call to them can be worth it if the wheel can wait.
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These are the neighbourhoods, postcode districts and main roads on record for this area. Whether we can take a particular job depends on the diary and the distance from our base, so the call always decides.
Yes, if the site allows it. Supermarket, retail park and station car parks are private ground, so the owner's permission comes first. Places of this kind in this area include:
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Tell us the make, model and registration, and whether you have the key code card. The price is given on the call.
