Anti-theft wheel nuts
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Anti-theft wheel nuts for commercial vehicles are now produced by a member of the First Cleveland Group. Only one of the new nuts is required per wheel where it replaces a conventional wheel nut. Each nut is surrounded by a shroud into which fits a special, strictly exclusive key. This engages with a flat and spline or splines, the exact combination depending upon the particular patterns.
The outer part of the key tool is in the form of a standard hexagonal nut body so that tool and nut together can be loosened or tightened in the normal way. The manufacturer operates a key code registration system to enable bona fide customers to purchase further stocks of wheel nuts coded to the same pattern as nuts already in use. This system also safeguards customers interests when they need additional keytools or replacements. In practice, a fleet operator can choose differing key codes for all his vehicles or the same code throughout the fleet.
The nuts require no modifications either to wheels or to spanners and they are re-usable and can be transferred from wheel to wheel — or vehicle to vehiclewithout difficulty. Single nuts retail at £2.60p each and key-tools are £2.60p each.
Marketed by: Stenor Ltd, Richmond, Surrey.