Brian Deacon Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Lost a wheel nut. Well not actually lost the nut but the tapered cone that was part of it.Checked the Caterham spares site and it should be an M12. Found some M12 wheel nuts in the garage, but its the wrong thread. Locks up after a couple of turns!Car is 1997 with De-Dion and K Series. Disks all round. Anybody got a clue what wheel nuts i need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted May 31, 2018 Member Share Posted May 31, 2018 My 1998 de Dion K has 12 mm x 1.5 thread.Is it possible that the M12 nuts that you found are a different pitch?JonathanPS: Previous on live axles was 3/8" UNF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Deacon Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 Ahh. I was presuming an M12 nut was an M12 nut all with the same thread. Maybe I will order a Caterham one and see if it fits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted May 31, 2018 Area Representative Share Posted May 31, 2018 BrianI have spares from a live axle car if you want one. I could even cross-check one on the 21 (de Dion) before sending you one.All the chrome is flaking off if that puts you off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Deacon Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 Hi Stephen.Where abouts are you? Im Chalfont St Giles and see you go or have been to Penn 7s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted May 31, 2018 Area Representative Share Posted May 31, 2018 I'm in Berko, so very close by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Deacon Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 Thanks Stephen.Just sorted the problem. Teach me to go to spec savers.... The wheel nuts I found in the garage are M12 1.25 from my sons Nissan. They had 1.25 and 1.5 on the box but also a coloured tell tail to show which was in the box. So I have been trying to fit a 1.25 instead of a 1.5.Thanks for the offer Stephen but I will go for four locking nuts, leaving me with three spares! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted May 31, 2018 Area Representative Share Posted May 31, 2018 OK. I'm glad you have sorted it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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