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Skettios · 05-18-2003, 10:25 PM

I'm trying to get a nut off a bolt and it's rusted on real tight. Also it's spinning in place and I have no access to the back of the bolt. I've tried liquid wrench and vice grips, but the bolt keeps slipping and is losing thread. Has anyone else had any success using any thing else? Thanks.

Ashton · 05-18-2003, 11:46 PM

Take a big flat bladed screwdriver and a small bolt.... lay the bolt next to the nut and jam the screwdriver under the nut, push down on the screwdriver while unscrewing the nut.... this usually works but if the nut is really rusted good all you can do is cut it or use a (he he) nut spliter....

shakran · 05-19-2003, 05:16 AM

try some PB blaster. That stuff has gone through every rust problem I've ever had.

Otherwise if it's not on a car near a gasoline source, you can get a torch and heat the nut, then quickly spin it off.

To prevent it in the future, dip the bolt in vaseline. That'll keep the air/moisture from getting to it.

hrdwareguy · 05-19-2003, 07:12 AM

I've always used kroil Stuff has always worked for me.

However if you don't have access to the other side to hold it still when turning it, not sure if you'll be able to get it off without cutting it.

05-19-2003, 07:22 AM

Cold chisel and a big hammer, if you can't get a nut splitter around it.

merkerguitars · 05-19-2003, 11:23 AM

If it's a bastard bolt and if i don't care about saving it I usually center punch it and then drill it out.

clavus · 05-19-2003, 12:58 PM

If its losing thread, you probably will want to replace it, so cut that sucker off.

Alternatively, you could soak it w/ WD40 and try again tomorrow.

JStrider · 05-19-2003, 03:47 PM

/me fires up his dremel... i'll take care of it...

Skettios · 05-19-2003, 06:53 PM

It's in a car, if that helps. Are cars put together with regular 11 metric bolts like everything else? If it is, I'm gonna cut that sucker. Anyway, I appreciate the responses. Thanks.

Ashton · 05-20-2003, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Skettios
It's in a car, if that helps. Are cars put together with regular 11 metric bolts like everything else? If it is, I'm gonna cut that sucker. Anyway, I appreciate the responses. Thanks.

Standard size for most small bolts in cars is 10mm..... of course the size varies from part to part..... what exactly is this bolt for? you said you couldn't get to the other side, I suppose that means you have to remove whatever is in the way of getting to the back of the bolt.... cutting it will be easy, replacing it is another story.

GoldenOuroboros · 05-21-2003, 05:14 PM

WD-40...

and if that don't work, cut the bugger off..

Lebell · 05-22-2003, 11:01 AM

So did we ever get this bad boy off?

ggadgit · 05-23-2003, 09:41 AM

Drimel is one of the best tools ever.

Skettios · 05-23-2003, 11:04 AM

I never got it off.

It's holding the trim cover over the taillight on a Tempo. So I'm worried if I cut the damn thing off that I won't be able to replace it, because I don't know what's on the other side of the bolt.

shakran · 05-23-2003, 11:33 AM

I haven't worked on a tempo, but on a lot of cars if you remove the rear interior panel you can get at the other side of the bolt. . . have you looked in there?

shadrock · 05-27-2003, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ggadgit
Drimel is one of the best tools ever.

I second that.

Skettios · 05-27-2003, 10:09 PM

We worked around it. So the problem is solved, hopefully this thread will help some that have the same problem.

Thanks for all your help!

Hard8s · 05-31-2003, 03:47 PM

You know Coca Cola does wonders on rust. Its all the Carbonic Acid in it!

geeza · 06-21-2003, 01:48 AM

Just leave that sucker in place, don't lose your temper, put a can of WD40 on the floor beside it, and give it a squir every time you go past. That WD40 will work it's way in there. Could take an hour, could take a week. But it will go.

By the way, did you know that WD40 stands for "Water Dispersant - 40"?

hrdwareguy · 06-24-2003, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by geeza
By the way, did you know that WD40 stands for "Water Dispersant - 40"?

Yeah, it's great for getting rid of water. Also great for collecting dust and dirt.

05-18-2003, 10:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Skettios Condition: Stable and Improving Location: Finger on the little red button.	rusted bolt I'm trying to get a nut off a bolt and it's rusted on real tight. Also it's spinning in place and I have no access to the back of the bolt. I've tried liquid wrench and vice grips, but the bolt keeps slipping and is losing thread. Has anyone else had any success using any thing else? Thanks. __________________ Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. Frederich Nietzsche

05-19-2003, 07:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
hrdwareguy "Officer, I was in fear for my life" Location: Oklahoma City	I've always used kroil Stuff has always worked for me. However if you don't have access to the other side to hold it still when turning it, not sure if you'll be able to get it off without cutting it. __________________ Gun Control is hitting what you aim at Aim for the TFP, Donate Today

05-19-2003, 11:23 AM	#6 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	If it's a bastard bolt and if i don't care about saving it I usually center punch it and then drill it out. __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

05-19-2003, 12:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	If its losing thread, you probably will want to replace it, so cut that sucker off. Alternatively, you could soak it w/ WD40 and try again tomorrow. __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

05-19-2003, 03:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
JStrider Poo-tee-weet? Location: The Woodlands, TX	/me fires up his dremel... i'll take care of it... __________________ -=JStrider=- ~Clatto Verata Nicto

05-18-2003, 11:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ashton PORNHOUND Location: California	Take a big flat bladed screwdriver and a small bolt.... lay the bolt next to the nut and jam the screwdriver under the nut, push down on the screwdriver while unscrewing the nut.... this usually works but if the nut is really rusted good all you can do is cut it or use a (he he) nut spliter....

05-19-2003, 05:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	try some PB blaster. That stuff has gone through every rust problem I've ever had. Otherwise if it's not on a car near a gasoline source, you can get a torch and heat the nut, then quickly spin it off. To prevent it in the future, dip the bolt in vaseline. That'll keep the air/moisture from getting to it.

05-19-2003, 07:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
Big Julie Guest	Cold chisel and a big hammer, if you can't get a nut splitter around it.

05-19-2003, 06:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
Skettios Condition: Stable and Improving Location: Finger on the little red button.	It's in a car, if that helps. Are cars put together with regular 11 metric bolts like everything else? If it is, I'm gonna cut that sucker. Anyway, I appreciate the responses. Thanks. __________________ Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. Frederich Nietzsche

05-21-2003, 05:14 PM	#11 (permalink)
GoldenOuroboros The Cheshire Grin... Location: An Aussie Outback	WD-40... and if that don't work, cut the bugger off.. __________________ Can you see me grin grin grrriiiiinnnning?!

05-22-2003, 11:01 AM	#12 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	So did we ever get this bad boy off? __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!

05-23-2003, 09:41 AM	#13 (permalink)
ggadgit Tilted	Drimel is one of the best tools ever.

05-23-2003, 11:04 AM	#14 (permalink)
Skettios Condition: Stable and Improving Location: Finger on the little red button.	I never got it off. It's holding the trim cover over the taillight on a Tempo. So I'm worried if I cut the damn thing off that I won't be able to replace it, because I don't know what's on the other side of the bolt. __________________ Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. Frederich Nietzsche

05-23-2003, 11:33 AM	#15 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	I haven't worked on a tempo, but on a lot of cars if you remove the rear interior panel you can get at the other side of the bolt. . . have you looked in there?

05-27-2003, 10:09 PM	#17 (permalink)
Skettios Condition: Stable and Improving Location: Finger on the little red button.	We worked around it. So the problem is solved, hopefully this thread will help some that have the same problem. Thanks for all your help! __________________ Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. Frederich Nietzsche

05-31-2003, 03:47 PM	#18 (permalink)
Hard8s Addict Location: Wherever I am!	You know Coca Cola does wonders on rust. Its all the Carbonic Acid in it! __________________ If ignorance is bliss, then wipe this smile off my face!

06-21-2003, 01:48 AM	#19 (permalink)
geeza Crazy	Just leave that sucker in place, don't lose your temper, put a can of WD40 on the floor beside it, and give it a squir every time you go past. That WD40 will work it's way in there. Could take an hour, could take a week. But it will go. By the way, did you know that WD40 stands for "Water Dispersant - 40"?