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Re: rounded off nut removal

To: McVintage@aol.com
Subject: Re: rounded off nut removal
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 23:34:30 -0500
McVintage@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Suggestions wanted for removing rounded off nut where space and
> clearance around the nut are VERY limited. Its at the flange joining
> diff to prop shaft on my TR6 - on the diff side of the flange.

  Nothing works like heat. If you can heat it cherry
red then throw a rag on it, it will likely be finger
tight after that. (and certainly loose enough for
a vice-grip)

  I have an oxy-acetylene rig that I never use for
welding, but just the cutting and the rusty-bolt
heating has been so handy.


-- 
Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

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