Josh:
The head of the bolt is too close to the SS tube to get a grip on it
with a pair of vice-grips.....and the nut is 'recessed' so it doesn't
turn when you tighten or loosen the bolt.....can't get vice-grip or a
wrench on it .
Maybe try to cut the bolt head off is the viable option......I assume SS
will be tough cut?
If I try to cut it, what would be the tool of choice?
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&c 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2015-10-05 9:33 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List wrote:
I've had some shocking success with vise-grips. Maybe try one on each
side? Maybe you'll get lucky and the bolt will just break.
Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
1989 C&C 37+
Solomons, MD
On Oct 5, 2015 8:24 PM, "robert via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com
<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
I have a 'pebble in my shoe' kind of problem.....a small SS nut
and bolt on my bimini is seized....do I need to remove it ,
no....but it should be able to come apart should it need to.
I have applied PB Blaster, ATF & acetone, Liquid
Wench.....obviously, a product is not the answer. I tried today
(thanks to Mike Hoyt) the 'tool' that can grip a 'stripped
head'.....all I was doing was stripping it further and giving my
right hand a palm blister.
I might be able to get a hack saw blade between the head of the
bolt and the SS tubing but it is going to be a challenge.
The bolt takes a 9 mm wrench, however, it is recessed so that
getting a wrench on it with any force doesn't work either. I
can't turn the bolt and I can't turn the nut. I could simply
ignore the problem for now but someday I have to get this opened
so I might as well not ignore the problem now.
Any and all suggestions are greatly welcomed.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
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