The impossible nut

I hate when this happens I was doing so good with the no more tools motto !!

 

Try tightening it first, if you can get it to just crack in the tightening direction it should then spin off in the loosening direction, if no joy, heat and a birthday candle should do it.
good luck.

 

Heat wrench never fails.

 

Blue tipped wrench has never failed me...

 

Bought a bolt gripper and it grabbed and turned...and turned..and turned..its just spinning. Tried a nut cracker but don't have the clearance bc the fucking hat is in the way.

 

So frustrating

 

Torch or chop it off at that point. Fighting it can be a lost cause.

 

if you have a dremel/grinder, you can shave 2 sides of it down to the next smallest size wrench. Put the longest pipe you have handy over the wrench for an improvised breaker bar.

 

Holy shit, that's cool as hell!!

 

Time to just cut....not worth the aggravation.

 

That 1 nut, always the farthest one back, holds up everything. Same when I replaced my front struts. I just sat there with a hack saw blade and got mine cut off. Mind you it took a while.

 

Trying the dremel now...man is it slow going. Don't wanna burn up the little motor.

 

Dremel is a high speed rotary tool with no torque. Slow is the only way it works.

 

Know of a small tool that will work better than dremel?

 

Cut off wheel is higher torque and also high speed but much bigger.


Dremel is just going to be slow so take your time. If it bogs down badly, you’re pushing too hard.

 

Not sure how much space is there but angle grinder or sawzall. Which ever fits better. With propane you’ll likely be there torching for a while. It’s not really up to the task to get a large mass of steel red hot. MAP works better for this. Second best to oxy/acetylene.

 

.. propane is plenty hot for that nut.

 

Propane is weak my friend. Good for soldering.

 

Good for small nuts, too.

 

Baby nuts maybe.

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