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OP t1_je2eabz wrote

Reply to comment by in Any advice on what to do about removing a nut that won’t budge? by

Like how? With a lighter you mean?

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t1_je2f6bc wrote

Blow Torch

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OP t1_je2hay0 wrote

Radical… Will need to borrow one

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t1_je2inzl wrote

It works a lot of the times. Focus the heat on the nut without heating the bolt. Your counting on thermal energy expansion here to break the bond so heating the nut makes it get bigger as long as the bolt does not get to hot and expand too.

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OP t1_je2qyfa wrote

Success! I used a candle though, it did nothing at first. I decided to hunt for a better drill bit, found one perhaps 1 mm bigger, and this time it came out like butter. Maybe the metal needed a few minutes to expand? Maybe combo fire + change of drill bit?

Anyway, thank you!!

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