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Apart from scrap the poxy thing, Im in need of some ideas.
Im having to change a front suspension strut on my car, the 2 lower bolts that hold the strut in place are totally siezed in, copious amounts of wd40 havent shifted them, and heat from a gas blow torch is making no difference. Any other magic sprays I can try before i have to resort to cutting the head off the bolt, which wont help as Id need a new hub too, or the agro of getting the siezed bolts out the hub, and I really dont want to take any more of the car apart if possible. Cheers, Lee |
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Are they studs and nuts or bolts ?
Cut the nut off and leave the thread ? Try a good fitting socket and a long bar, get someone to keep hammering the socket as you try and turn it, this method has worked for me loads of times on old cars. |
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m8 bolt, its siezed in solid, drivers side came out fine, both on the passenger side wont budge.
Tried heat, and hitting, then tried heat and turning with a ring spanner, still no go, put a new nut on the threaded end when I hit it. Wondering if it needs hotter temps like welding a nut on the bolt head, does that work? would that plumbers freeze spray work? |
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Longer bar mate, it will either go or snap, either way it's out
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