More in hope than expectation, I wiped the mass of road dirt off the nut at the damper end, to find is was a large dollop of dust-encrusted copper slip. Hexagon key in the centre of the stud, ratchet spanner on the nut, quick tug and it undid like it had been fitted yesterday.
![Cool 8)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
Mildly impressed, I tried the same at the a/r bar end, it was just as easy.
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
Like an F1 pitstop it was.....
Amazingly enough, another half hour had the wheels swapped over, (for some with tread) and the handbrake holding firmly on 5 clicks.
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Seems you can't lose them all. I commend the copper slip initiative to the house.