Badger688

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Hi All,

Longtime no post.

Advise needed please.

Extractor has not worked.
Hole drilled, followed by knock through! Not working.

Last option will be to weld nut on to bolt!
But after advice before that happens.

Thanks in advance.

Kev
 
Hi All,

Longtime no post.

Advise needed please.

Extractor has not worked.
Hole drilled, followed by knock through! Not working.

Last option will be to weld nut on to bolt!
But after advice before that happens.

Thanks in advance.

Kev

Did you try Irwins ?

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Have tried gas!
Have tried extractor πŸ₯΄
Can't get the purchase for mole grips or stillsons, have a return on the steel work!
Have hammered it to death to hopefully remove rust! Still not budged😑

Thank you though ☺️

Kev
 
I would grind the head off & then if you have enough room drill out what's left, or once the bolt head is off open the strut enough to get it clear then drill or as said above remove the assy to drill on the bench,best of luck.
 
I had a couple of seized strut bolts on my FL1 I spent hours spraying them with penetranting fluid then with the nut flush with the end of the bolts just hitting them backwards & forwards until eventually they started to move. I also (only) used a single hex impact socket (always try to avoid rounding fastners) on a breaker bar to add a bit of twist, still adding lots of p. fluid, I feel your painπŸ˜‰.
 
My first port of call would be an air chisel with the chisel bit cut off flush.
If you try and punch it out like a pansy what will happen is the end of the bolt will expand and get tighter in the hole.
Are you using 6 sided sockets?
Next size socket down can help a lot, obviously will need hammering on.

This was my seized bolt fun today, 20 of the friggin things.
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I would grind the head off & then if you have enough room drill out what's left, or once the bolt head is off open the strut enough to get it clear then drill or as said above remove the assy to drill on the bench,best of luck.
I will have fresh head in the morning! To look at what I can do.

Thank you 😊
My first port of call would be an air chisel with the chisel bit cut off flush.
If you try and punch it out like a pansy what will happen is the end of the bolt will expand and get tighter in the hole.
Are you using 6 sided sockets?
Next size socket down can help a lot, obviously will need hammering on.

This was my seized bolt fun today, 20 of the friggin things.
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Ouch πŸ€• 😳
 
I had a couple of seized strut bolts on my FL1 I spent hours spraying them with penetranting fluid then with the nut flush with the end of the bolts just hitting them backwards & forwards until eventually they started to move. I also (only) used a single hex impact socket (always try to avoid rounding fastners) on a breaker bar to add a bit of twist, still adding lots of p. fluid, I feel your painπŸ˜‰.
Tried that today! πŸ˜• From about 10 this morning, the top one was of after about 45 mins!
The bottom one is the problem 😭

Kev
 
Will have another go on heat in the morning.

Thank you for you input guys.

Much appreciated ☺️ πŸ‘

Kev
 

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