Siezed nuts.....

[bootyinblue]

Now I can see this thread going downhill real fast, but hopefully I will get a sensible answer before you all start.

I am trying to adjust a few rollers on my trailer but the bolts and nuts are all siezed up. Have tried Inox, and WD40 and Penetrol to try and free them up, I dont have any heating equipment here, so apart from cutting them off and getting new ones does anyone have a tried and tested method to get them off with minimum of knuckle skin lost?

[shortie]

big spanner and a FBH (F..n Big Hammer)

Or go up to the local bridgestone Select and see if his rattle gun will work.

[ellicat]

Try giving the bolt heads a reasonable tap with the hammer too.

[mick fillet]

hmm bugger

heat treatment proably be ya best bet. at trying to crack them. the ones that i have done when there that bad always seem to sheer off at the head and had to cut em off any way

i have a little blow torch if ya wana use it. to see if it will work

your in ippy arnt you? iam sure i could get it to ya no probs just not tommorow iam fishing:P

[Young_fella]

Let me be the first to say........

Thats married life mate, you say the vowels then the missus siezes your nuts...

Thank you.....

[bootyinblue]

Not married, so no dramas there!! And I think I will draw the line at hitting the head with a hammer!!

Had a half hearted attempt tonight, but will really swing off them tomorrow once the spray penetrates and they will either let go, or shear off as I have the mother of all shifters to use...

[shortie]

yuou couldnt break of 30lb Braid on a snag. What hope are you going to have swinging off a spanner. ROFL

[Young_fella]

Im gonna say the rattlegun idea would be the best... lots of wd40, hammering and maybe even explosives.

goodluck mate

[Davo_Dinkum]

i find they shear off most the time when they are seized ,no matter what u spray on them .

snap them off get a cpl of good drill bits ,dill them out and retap the thread .

its not hard i just did the 4 nuts for the skids on the trailer i got with the boat .

most annoying part after spaying Inox and WD40 ,wire brush and sanding the skid mounts.

they will still not move .

tried a big hammer and a 1/2 a sleeper to knock them down .

rattle gun would be better than a big spanner as it uses shock to loosen them ,big spanner ,braker bar uses straight force/pressure.

[MoparKevUk]

They are not a left hand thread? The early Valiants had an opposite thread on the passenger side. Lots got trashed at the trye shop with monkeys with a wheel nut gun going apeshit on them...................

Give them a tweak in the opposite direction anyway. Somtimes that breaks the synergy......

[MoparKevUk]

I after E except after C is bollox. Sieze, freight. height, caffeine, canoeing, neighbour, sheik, weird, species........Don't beleive all you are taught........

[ellicat]

:laugh:

Saying is "I before E except after C"

.....your point is still valid though.

[Davo_Dinkum]

Give them a tweak in the opposite direction anyway. Somtimes that breaks the synergy......

yeps that work too ,forgot about it ,but had done it many time if i'm not sure which way the nut undoes or if its locked up .

tighten it ,crack it ,spray with wd40 and work it .tighten /loosen and so on ,till its free .

[Artifishal]

if your ok with spending a little bit of money you could buy a set of nut splitters. they are very handy, i bought mine from trade tools i think and they are not very expensive.

you just fit it over the nut and start tightening until you hear a crack and the nut just falls off.

[fishingnut]

if your ok with spending a little bit of money you could buy a set of nut splitters. they are very handy, i bought mine from trade tools i think and they are not very expensive.

you just fit it over the nut and start tightening until you hear a crack and the nut just falls off.

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missus does the same job :whistle:

[kriso]

mate just cut em off and get some good 316 stainless bolts and put some copper anti sieze on the threads. , as the bolt corrodes it roots the inside bush of the rollers anyway but with stainless will last alot longer specially if you give em a good spray with wd 40 everynow and then .

Fishing nut : if your single the old sheep newter of 2 bricks works well too! lol

[daveylad]

You can get a small blowtorch type thing at Home stores ones that sells pans and kitchen gadgets I recently bought one for about $25, you know the ones the chefs use to brown off there Creme Bruelles:woohoo:

[MoparKevUk]

:laugh:

Saying is "I before E except after C"

.....your point is still valid though.

Curse of the booozy 'net session! :whistle:

[daveo17]

ive had success with boiling water before not sure how it works but it worked for me

[bootyinblue]

Yea well thanks for all the suggestions and comments. Not sure where Nomad has come from but perhaps should revert back to his/her nomadic lifestyle.

Will run the angle grinder through the bolt and replace them as got over enthusiastic with the shift and now have round nuts... ouch!

[ellicat]

ive had success with boiling water before not sure how it works but it worked for me

Hey Daveo, Could you teach my Mrs this. We've been married 23 years tomorrow and she still can't even boil water. If it wasn't for Cadbury I'd be a skeleton. :laugh: