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Another good trick is throw the whole thing away and go get new one, what ever the new one is.
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Saw a neat trick, on youtube...
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Never! I don't give up easily. My grandfather used to get me to do something by betting me a dollar that I couldn't do it! Of course, I don't think of it as being smart or innovative, its a puzzle I have to finish...
Truck Shop
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heymccall
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I'm winning...
Left...spun m8 nut on and welded 6010
Center...set 3/8" nut on and welded 6010
Right...below flush, built out with All State Stud Plus, tapped on 1/4-20 nut, welded 6010, and...voila, all three came out.
On a 2007 6.0 LS motor, in the rust belt, with 289k miles. Just gotta do the other side.
I cannot stress as to how awesome the All State Stud Plus rods are for below flush broken bolts. The slag coats the bore threads and pops off the end.
Left...spun m8 nut on and welded 6010
Center...set 3/8" nut on and welded 6010
Right...below flush, built out with All State Stud Plus, tapped on 1/4-20 nut, welded 6010, and...voila, all three came out.
On a 2007 6.0 LS motor, in the rust belt, with 289k miles. Just gotta do the other side.
I cannot stress as to how awesome the All State Stud Plus rods are for below flush broken bolts. The slag coats the bore threads and pops off the end.
Had an opportunity to use the bolt buster, again. Put a new battery on a mower. Damn thing was 1/4" taller than the old battery. Old clamp bolt was now too short. So I found a piece of 5/16 round stock, marked a spot to bend a loop, heated, bent loop, cut off the excess, and hammered flatter, all in the time it would take to roll the torch set across the shop...