Group,
If all else fails and you are in a tight spot, there is always the feared
Dremel Tool with the thin cut-off disc!
Later,
Bob
At 07:50 PM 4/7/99 -0500, Paul Almjeld wrote:
>Jarrid and Tom:
>
>Either the vise grips or a small pipe wrench will usually do the trick -
>from one who, unfortunately, has had a bit of experience with rounded heads.
>
>Paul from sunny South Dakota
>
>T Wiencek wrote:
>
>> RE>>Rounded bolt heads 4/7/99
>>
>> Just use a small pipe wrench.
>>
>> --------------------------------------
>> Date: 4/7/99 12:42 PM
>> To: T Wiencek
>> From: Louie & Laila
>> I'd take off the radiator, find a black nut with good sides that fits over
>> the top and weld it to the rounded portion. Let it cool (shrink) and run it
>> out. Lou
>>
>> >Fellow piners - continuing the tear-down of my Series 3, I have stupidly
>> >rounded one of the bolts on my radiator fan. Any suggestions on how to get
>> >this off?
>> >
>> >As always, thanks for any information you can pass my way.
>> >Scott Christie
>> > Series 3 Alpine Registry
>> >
>>
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Robert (Bob) A.C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Man of Many Sunbeams - Alpine, Drophead and Saloon 1953-1954
Home Page: http://www.navnet.net/~hamilton/index.html
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