I got mine recently and immediately placed it in spare tire well. I intend to use it only in case of an emergency.

 

I will give this a go today and report back. The wrench that Jaguar provided feels like a flimsy hollow piece of tin. I am very happy to know what I will now have a proper wrench and lugs in the event I get a flat tire on a cold frosty day. Nothing is worse than not being able to get the lugs off.

 

Mission accomplished. I had to use my Harbor Freight dead blow hammer to get the socket to seat properly on two lugs and then I was finally able to get them off. Also the dead blow hammer is an excellent tool to use when a rim is frozen to the hub. You can give the rim a couple of hard whacks with no damage.


This exercise of changing out the lugs and getting a proper lug wrench has to be one of the best investments of time and money for any xk owner. Now I can take my long road trips knowing that I am adequately prepared to change a flat tire.

 

Agree. The stock lug wrench is garbage IMO. The capped lugs are ok but they can't stand up to the abuse of the tire shops....

 

Sure glad we don't have that problem here in the Pacific Northwest.
Never hear of a rim freezing (rusting solid) to a hub in some odd 40+ years of maintaining my own cars .

Certainly makes me much more cautious about buying an east coast car now.

Thanks for an interesting post.

Vince

 

just received the lug wrench. tried it out on the lugs and sure makes it easier to remove them with the extended length. a nice replacement for the OEM wrench. fits in the same slot too!

 

Haven't tried it yet on the XK (maybe this coming weekend), but I had a chance to try it on our other 2 cars, and it works great. No longer need to use a pipe as an extension to those OEM wrenches. Going to order 2 more, so each car will have its own (never know when it might be a necessity on the road).

 

My tires rotate every time I drive it!

I carry a torque wrench in the boot with the proper socket inside a nice bag.