GETTING SWIVEL TO AXLE BOLTS OUT!!

Doing this last year…I welded nuts onto the old bolts. They’d rusted to nothing. It worked and I really enjoyed doing it!!!

I find that, whenever I actually resort to welding a nut onto a stuffed fastener, it then seems to undo with no bother at all, almost as if it's taunting the effort you went to.

I guess it's the extreme heat.

I think an induction heater was mentioned earlier, but I've never used one of them.

I reckon cutting them off and getting the studs out would probably be the way I'd try. But you would want to make sure you didn't stuff up the stud removal. Ie time and penetrating oil after the ball is out the way.

I think the last time I did that job, it took me 3x "book" hours : (

Forrest Gump said:

Doing this last year…I welded nuts onto the old bolts. They’d rusted to nothing. It worked and I really enjoyed doing it!!!

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Weirdo!

Scrub/wire brush off all of the rust from the bolts. Apply a few drops of diesel to them on both sides of the axle flange. It's the best penetrating oil in my experience.

lrjohn said:

Thanks for that suggestion, I have looked online for Kluber release spray this seems a manufacturer a lot of different sprays for various applications – you don't happen to know the particular product number or name do you?

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Sorry for the late reply