Octagonal nuts size

[nitch]

Hi all,
My +2's wheels has octagonal nuts instead of 3 eared spinners.
My current tool used to open them is kind of rusty and I was thinking of using a socket and a long handle instead.
Does anyone know what is the accurate size I need? Is it metric or Imperial?
Thank You
Liad

[ElliottN]

64 mm or 2.5 inches (in fact a touch over) - not the sort of thing you can expect to find in too many tool shops.

rgds,

[Hamish Coutts]

Liad,

Currently no idea what size the nuts are.
I'm at work at present but I'll be home in an hour and will put a caliper across the flats and post the size here.

Hope that's soon enough.

Regards,

Hamish.

[dougweall]

Liad,

Many many moons ago when I had my +2 the guy I bought it from had a spanner made out of 3/8" thick plate(it was tear drop in shape) to fit over the nuts. It had a slight kink in it to clear the wheel. Then had a piece of square tube approx 24" long welded to the stem of the spanner. This was for me just a nice size to get a reasonable push on the nut for both tightening and loosening. In other words I didn't have to go overboard with force in either direction.

Hope this helps.

Doug.

[nitch]

Thanks everyone.
Doug, that the same solution I have now, but I need something more elegant.

Liad

[triumphelan]

Why don`t you paint it ????to match your car .

[marcfuller]

I need something more elegant.

So get it powder coated or nickel plated. It is OE, after all.

[Hamish Coutts]

Liad,

I confirm 2.5 inches across the flats. (sorry I couldn't get to a working PC last night).

Be careful which nuts you have. The ones on my car are 2.5 ins + a couple of b/hs.
I have spare couple of new nuts and they seem to be tapered from 2.4 ins at the outside to 2.55 at the shoulder. The wheel spanner (a fabricated thing with a 3ft long handle, P/O said it was original ) doesn't like the tapered nuts and keeps slipping off .

Hamish.