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Old 01-19-2008, 10:36 AM
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allright I got 3 bolts off no problem then one I broke loose but it started to tighten up the bolts are really rusted and corroded so I put more presure and the bolt snaped off with the nut no biggie... then I go to the next one 14 mm wrench fits like a glove but the bolt wouldn't budge so I locked the wrench up with another one to get more leverage and it ended up rounding it off, so I'm like screw it its the last bolt and I put vise grips on it and the nut is just a really soft metal and I ended up making it worse and its still on there... what can I do to get this last nut off?

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Did you use "liquid wrench" or "WD-40" first?

They get rusted and you have to "snap" them off with a sharp impact. Just putting pressure on it rounds them off.

You might have to drill the last bolt out.
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For other applications, you can use "thread extractors"


But if it's still rusted in there, you're better off drilling it out.
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Or you could saw it off. When I removed mine, I broke one of the studs too. But I was planning on knocking them out anyways

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ya its not the Bolt its the nut
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vise grips, torch!
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They make tools to remove rounded nuts too. Sears is your friend.
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It would be hard to get a drill in there.

I think this is what Stratocaster is talking about.



Both Craftsman and Irwin make them.
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Originally Posted by BondoBuilder,Jan 19 2008, 05:55 PM
It would be hard to get a drill in there.

I think this is what Stratocaster is talking about.



Both Craftsman and Irwin make them.
NICE!

More specialty tools to add to the collection! Thanks! I love tools. Sometimes I wander around Sears looking at things I might need....
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I normally would buy that after I rounded something off. Sears is only a few miles from my house


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