From Popular Mechanics
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HeyBub wrote:
From Popular Mechanics
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...-a-rusted-bolt


Another trick is to use two hammers if there is room. Hold one
hammer snug against one side of the nut and whack the other side.
And the old trick of repeatedly loosening and tightening works also.

On Jun 7, 7:27*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
From Popular Mechanicshttp://www.popularmechanics.com/home/skills/auto-home-improvement-diy...

Yesterday I went straight to the cold chisel and small sledge hammer
route, but the bolt was 90 years old in concrete

On Jun 8, 7:35*am, ransley wrote:
On Jun 7, 7:27*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:

From Popular Mechanicshttp://www.popularmechanics.com/home/skills/auto-home-improvement-diy...

Yesterday I went straight to the cold chisel and small sledge hammer
route, but the bolt was 90 years old in concrete

Sometimes it's obvious there is a call for brute force :-)

Letstryfreeinguptheurlandseeifthatworks.

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"ransley" wrote in message
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On Jun 7, 7:27 pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
From Popular Mechanics

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...mprovement-diy...

Yesterday I went straight to the cold chisel and small sledge hammer
route, but the bolt was 90 years old in concrete

http://www.popularmechanics.com/prin...lt-11?page=all

The print version is OK. They say the impact wrench as last resort
"often snaps off the bolt". Well, my experience is that the impact
wrench works when other things don't. Heat is usually needed.

--
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"ransley" wrote in message
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On Jun 7, 7:27 pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
From Popular
Mechanicshttp://www.popularmechanics.com/home/skills/auto-home-improvement-diy...

Yesterday I went straight to the cold chisel and small sledge hammer
route, but the bolt was 90 years old in concrete

On Jun 8, 9:08*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
* *http://www.popularmechanics.com/prin...a-rusted-bolt-...

The print version is OK. They say the impact wrench as last resort
"often snaps off the bolt". Well, my experience is that the impact
wrench works when other things don't. Heat is usually needed.

--

Yes, In fact, I've seen an impact wrench (set at low torque) vibrate
nuts off, when a regular wrench snapped the bolt every time. If you
need a breaker bar, you are probably much safer with an impact wrench,
some Kroil, and some patience.

On 6/8/2010 10:10 PM, TimR wrote:
On Jun 8, 9:08 pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/prin...a-rusted-bolt-...

The print version is OK. They say the impact wrench as last resort
"often snaps off the bolt". Well, my experience is that the impact
wrench works when other things don't. Heat is usually needed.

--

Yes, In fact, I've seen an impact wrench (set at low torque) vibrate
nuts off, when a regular wrench snapped the bolt every time. If you
need a breaker bar, you are probably much safer with an impact wrench,
some Kroil, and some patience.

I've seen tools that would vibrate your nuts off. It was all on some
prevert's page on The Interweb. There were all sorts of shocking things
on there too. Whips, chains, rubber underoos and lots of other strange
indescribable contraptions were prominently displayed. I still haven't
figured out what the weed eater and rubber chicken were for.

TDD

The web page I found, also had a pound of wheel berring grease, and a
turkey baster. I wasn't going to pay the $79.95 for the three day
membership so I could figure out why.

Some one out there might know.

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Christopher A. Young
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"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
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Yes, In fact, I've seen an impact wrench (set at low torque)
vibrate
nuts off, when a regular wrench snapped the bolt every time. If you
need a breaker bar, you are probably much safer with an impact
wrench,
some Kroil, and some patience.

I've seen tools that would vibrate your nuts off. It was all on some
prevert's page on The Interweb. There were all sorts of shocking
things
on there too. Whips, chains, rubber underoos and lots of other strange
indescribable contraptions were prominently displayed. I still haven't
figured out what the weed eater and rubber chicken were for.

TDD

http://tinyurl.com/2vqab8c
I've had that happen, also. Where impact wrench removed a nut, and
breaker bars broke the threaded shaft.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"TimR" wrote in message
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Yes, In fact, I've seen an impact wrench (set at low torque) vibrate
nuts off, when a regular wrench snapped the bolt every time. If you
need a breaker bar, you are probably much safer with an impact wrench,
some Kroil, and some patience.

On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 19:27:43 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

From Popular Mechanics
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...-a-rusted-bolt


A die grinder with a cutoff wheel or a nut cracker
works 100% of the time.

http://tinyurl.com/2vqab8c
Occurs to me that a tiny URL is needed.

That said, how does your 100% cure work, when a bolt (after all, we
are freeing up rusted bolts) is threaded into a blind hole, like an
alternator mount on an engine?

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From Popular Mechanics
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...-a-rusted-bolt


A die grinder with a cutoff wheel or a nut cracker
works 100% of the time.