IH bolt pain

Bolt pain. My neighbor came to see me about a IH 160 PU water pump. It had about 1/2 inch play in the tips of the fan blade, but didn't leak. One bolt was going to twist off $ 3/8 course bolts hold it on. I was sure it was going to fail, but PB blaster, and good feel for bolt deformation compared to rotation helped. The backing and forthing for 15 minutes starting with 2 degrees, and incrementally increasing the rotation worked. The bolt head finally rounded enough to nearly strip corners, so I got a 14mm and pounded it on to the hilt. That was superior in that it was solid. The bolt head was transformed to metric. 2 pound hammer made a good impact die out of the Herbrand wrench. The bolt eventually became 20 degrees free, then 30, then 180. Each time going back to start. We then got a 14 socket on it when it cleared an obstruction. The pump unscrewed from the block (the water pump was flopping as the force was applied. The bolt had rusted into the water pump housing and was bound there, not in the threads. The housing is about 1.75 inches thick where the bolt was located. He now is arranging for 24 Summit Extra Pale Ales delivered. Jim

BTDT! But it was always on my own equipment. Nobody ever gave me any beer for my efforts.

rust was not your friend in this case, lol.

When I get one like that I heat the head red hot and let it cool and they come right out but I don’t always have a torch

Make sure you ration those Ales! If I have more than one I gain a tenth of a pound unless I walk two miles. Yeah, I'll walk two miles for my IPA!!

Cover the new bolt with sealer so it won't corrode again. I hate it when the factory can't take a little extra time to do this stuff, especially steel bolts into aluminum!

well geez delta red, i feel bad. if i ever get to go out west, ( something i always wanted to do!) i’ ll bring a cooler full of icy cold beers and a lawn chair and cheer you on when you are working ( i cant drink alcohol on way too many meds). i can say stuff like woo hoo! atta way men! good job! ats a way to fix it! git er done! all from the comfort of my lawn chair. ( cant stand up a long time and lungs are up to about 35%.) that will either cheer ya up! or drive ya nutz!