Re: Stuck Head Bolt
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Posted by JR2 on July 03, 1998 at 17:11:51:
In Reply to: Stuck Head Bolt posted by Frank Tyson on July 02, 1998 at 09:42:10:
: Electric impact wrench has removed all head bolts from John Deere "L" (1941) except one. Have been putting penetrating oil for about a week and keep trying impact wrench (even alternating tightening and loosening) with no luck. I've dealt with broken off bolts before so have been careful not to get in this situation. Have you had success with heat? If so, do you heat the bolt, the head, both or what? Any suggestions based on your experience would be appreciated. Frank, knocking it on the head is a good idea in addition to what you're already doing. If you decide to heat or can, you'll want to heat what the bolt screws into. Ideally you'd want the bolt ice cold and where it is threaded into hot but you ain't likely to get that done in the real world. You just want the part the bolt is screwed into to get a little bigger and turn the bolt loose. Sometimes I've seen an air impact wrench do things an electric couldn't also. Good luck, John
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