Mouning. Since I have replaced worn disc pads and shockers on the back of my Volvo in the last month , when the locking wheel nut removel question came up on here I was feeling quite smug knowing my socket was in the box between the front seats . Guess what !! You are right . So I had to bite the what's it ,long n short ,the tool the garage used on my car looked to me like a piece of tube hammered into the key hole that takes up the shape of the key in the nut . I have looked on the web (Franklin Tools) and this bit of the removal tool kit can be purchased separately , because after using it ,its knackered . I think I would have been able to turn something like this on the lathe , and weld a big hexagon nut on the end to fit a socket. The replacement tool the garage used had been used on several other cars before mine so can't be that critical, took all of ten mins to remove and bin my locking wheel nuts , problem solved. Stewart .

Hi George thanks for your suggestion, I did look at some of the bits on YTUBE and I am sure some of them will work on some cars depending. I did look for a socket but on the VOLVO the locking nut takes up almost all the space In the hole (not enough room for the wall thickness of a standard socket) Stewart