Re: IML: Frozen Nuts

[joestill1@xxxxxxxxxxx (Joe)]

Excellent!  Good ole Kenyon was close with "nut breaker" and his suggestion drove me to the JC Whitney catalogue  That tool, according to JC Whitney, is called a Nut Splitter.

 

Hmmmm, I wonder if the local 16 year-old parts puke at Autozone would take a swipe at me if I went up to the counter and asked, "So, dude, do you have a nut splitter?"

 

LOL

 

--
Joe
Allen, Texas
'61 4D Crown Southampton

 

> -------------- Original message -------------- 
>
> > If Rolland's chisel idea does not work, there is a 
> > tool that is a "nut breaker" or some such. I think 
> > that it's called something similar to that but 
> > different - what with a 99% male target market, but it 
> > fits over the offending frozen nut and has a threaded 
> > hole in it that you screw a pointed bolt or something 
> > like a chisel point through that uses vice-like action 
> > to sever one face of the nut, which can then be pried 
> > or unscrewed off. 
> > 
> > Seems to me that this is a more progressive and less 
> > violent way to go than striking with a chisel if 
> > you're focused on preserving the threads underneath, 
> > but since I have not used either method, I can't say 
> > for certain which is better. 
> > 
> > Any excuse to get another tool is at least worth 
> > pondering at my place
> . 
> > 
> > -Kenyon 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- RWestra@xxxxxxx wrote: 
> > > Joe: 
> > > 
> > > I believe the nut is a replaceable item isn't it? I 
> > > would chisel the nut 
> > > loose. The way to do this without damaging the 
> > > shaft is to place one of the 
> > > flats of the hex on something solid (an anvil or a 
> > > vise is preferred). Then 
> > > place about a 1/2" wide chisel in line with the axis 
> > > of the thread and centered 
> > > on the opposite flat of the hex. Four or five 
> > > good blows will spread the 
> > > nut and you will likely be able to remove it with a 
> > > pliers. Try not to chisel 
> > > all the way through the nut or you will damage the 
> > > threads of the shaft. 
> > > Protect your eyes with safety glasses. Then go out 
> > > and buy a new nut. 
> > > 
> > > Let us know how it works out. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Rolland Westra 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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