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Greg Ballantyne

07-01-2002 18:45:32




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I got new tires last fall, but not new wheels. On Sat. I had two front flats. Those old wheels are rusted out bad where the tube valve comes through, and I need to replace them. One wheel came off OK, the other turned inside the flat tire even with the opposite side jacked off the ground to put the weight on it. The tractor is an AC B. When I started taking the wheel off there was already a rounded bolt on it, and eventually I got only one bolt out on that wheel and got two more round head bolts. I am now looking for tricks for getting round head bolts out short of welding new bolts with good heads onto the round heads. I'll weld them on if I have to, but it wouldn't be handy. You boys know any tricks?

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Steve in N.J.

07-01-2002 22:41:01




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 Re: Looking For A Good Trick in reply to Greg Ballantyne, 07-01-2002 18:45:32  
Greg,
I've had great success welding on a deep nut, (the kind that holds leaf springs in) when I had a rounded headed bolt or nut that I couldn't remove. The deep nut gives you more area to slide a 6 pt socket onto in order to get more leverage on the nut or stud to crank it off. I then use a 1/2" drive long breaker bar and slowly try to break it loose. If it doesn't look like she'll break loose, I'll use the heat wrench (torch) and heat the nut to get it started. Once the nut (or bolt in this case) starts to turn, they usually come on out...Good Luck! Hope they come out for ya. Steve B.

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Tom

07-02-2002 18:03:27




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 Re: Re: Looking For A Good Trick in reply to Steve in N.J., 07-01-2002 22:41:01  
And you may have to put a pipe on the breaker bar to gain some leverage. How long a pipe! As long as you dare. The socket will break, the bolt will come out, or the bolt will twist off. Feeling lucky?? Heat can help.



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Diesel Don

07-01-2002 21:10:10




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 Re: Looking For A Good Trick in reply to Greg Ballantyne, 07-01-2002 18:45:32  
My Dad and I used this trick on numerous occaisions-spray the h#$5 out of the bolts with a good penetetrating oil.WD40,PB Blaster,or Kroil,and leave them soak over nite.The next morning,get a bar of steel that about matches the OD of the head on the bolt.Hold the bar against the head of the bolt,get the biggest hammer you have,and give 'er a couple good raps.If the bolts aren't rounded off,get a six point socket on the bolt and work the bolt back and forth a couple times.If it doesn't loosen up right away,give it a couple more good raps and try the socket.If you can't get a socket to grip,try a Vise grip.I broke loose many stubborn bolts and nuts this way.A word of caution-I was doing this to get a stuck wheel off my buddy's car and missed the bar and hit myself in the knee with a 2 1/2# ball peen!I think I invented some new forms of foul language that day.

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