How to remove coach bolts
Bob Minchin wrote
Murmansk wrote
I'm trying to dismantle one of those outdoor swings - like a wooden sofa
suspended on chains from a wooden framework with A shaped supports at
either end.
The bits of timber are attached with what I think are called coach
bolts - a domed head with a square bit underneath.
The problem is that the bolts are recessed down a hole. I can turn the
nut with a socket set but because it's a all a bit rusty and seized up
the head of the bolt turns as well and I can't get hold of it to stop it
because the head is domed and down a hole.
Any ideas how I can get hold of the head to stop it turning?
Weld a bit of L shaped bar to the head to act as a handle
Not easy to do with the head down a hole.
then cut it off to do the next one and so on?
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