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04-03-2008, 08:40 AM
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rusty bolts- need help
I am currenly in the dissassembly stage of my bed and have two new bedsides ret to go. I got the tailgate off and the front panel unbolted with no issues, however, the bolts that are in the inside "angle" are small cariage bolts and after a few turns, the bolt and the nut turn together and make no progress. So, does any one have any tips on how I get get these things off quick like? I wont be re-using them so the more destructive the better, Thanx.
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04-03-2008, 08:43 AM
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Re: rusty bolts- need help
Use an angle grinder? Or drill out the bolt heads? Hacksaw? Torch?
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04-03-2008, 08:43 AM
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Re: rusty bolts- need help
If you have a welder you can weld a nut on the bolt head.
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04-03-2008, 08:44 AM
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Re: rusty bolts- need help
pb blaster is your friend
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04-03-2008, 08:49 AM
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Re: rusty bolts- need help
wow! thanx for the feedback guys!! I was thinking about a torch and a air chisel, but some of your suggestions may be a little more do-able.
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04-03-2008, 09:26 AM
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Re: rusty bolts- need help
you may be able to tighten the up and keep tighting them till they bust off. I do this all the time to get rust bolts off on these boxes
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04-03-2008, 09:59 AM
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Re: rusty bolts- need help
On small bolts like that if you can get a vice grips on em, nose grip not a side grip, sometimes you can just rock em back and forth and they will break off.
Too bad both sides are spinning. The tighten em till they break is another good way, as suggested already. |
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04-03-2008, 12:43 PM
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Location: Central Wisconsin
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Re: rusty bolts- need help
Just tighten them about 1/2 turn-they will break-----easy to do.
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04-03-2008, 02:24 PM
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Re: rusty bolts- need help
2 words - oxygen, acetylene. Whenever I pull a bed or take one apart, I go ahead and get my torch rig out. I usually cut the nuts off without even trying to wrench them off - especially wood beds!!
Joshua
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04-04-2008, 07:48 AM
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Re: rusty bolts- need help
I took a small grinder and cut a slot so a friend could hold them with a big flat screw driver...
Chuck
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04-04-2008, 07:56 AM
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Re: rusty bolts- need help
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