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| brut | So what to do when..... | ||
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the nut you are trying to take off just "spins" on the bolt/stud.
I have had two happen now. I was trying to take the washer motor off and one of them just spins. It is a "stud" whereas no bolt head. It is built into a plate. The second also deals with the wiper system and it is where the wiper arm mounts below the windshield. Obviously corrosin has damaged the threads. The simple solution would be to just cut off, but I would have to drill out the whole for the motor and just use a bolt/nut. However, the one attaching the wiper arm goes down below the dash and I do not want to deal with getting up there by the heater core. I need an AIM manual. |
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| Matatk | Re: So what to do when..... | ||
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Do you mean the nut itself spins or the bolt that is holding it on is spinning (ie, entire assembly of nut and bolt)? I am confused as to how the nut can spin without coming off?
If it's the bolt spinning, is there a way to prevent the bolt (thread surface) from spinning? Ie, use a pair of needle nose vice grips, screwdriver against the side, slot the top with a dremel? I don't know how much room is in there to work with. If I'm off base maybe you can describe it a little better. Matthew |
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| brut | Re: So what to do when..... | ||
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Sorry...the bolt is NOT moving...the nut is "spinning freely" on the bolt. I have never seen it before either...but it has happened twice within 30 minutes of each other.....
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| xccter | Re: So what to do when..... | ||
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I've had this happen once to me and it was on a starter motor stud.
If you can get to it easily, get your dremel with a cutting wheel and make a cut on opposing sides of the nut all the way through to the stud. After that you can grab either "half" with pliers and pop it off. The other "half" should fall off when you do. Plan on the threads being stripped underneath where the nut was. I think that was the last time I had my tap/die stuff out. Mark |
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| Matatk | Re: So what to do when..... | ||
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Ok I understand now. The bolt is stripped under the nut.
I would try what Xcc said. Otherwise can you get a nut cracker in there or is it too tight? Or is there a way to try to pull the nut back while you're spinning it to see if it catches good threads? Matthew |
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| BillH | Re: So what to do when..... | ||
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Yep, what Xccer said. The Dremel cutoff wheel is small enough to get into tight places.
They do make a nut splitter (ouch) that's like a C-clamp with a shear on the threaded end but it's fairly large. Mine's about 4 1/2 in. by 3 in. |
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| Matatk | Re: So what to do when..... | ||
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This is the style that I have. Not too big, but not sure how well they'd fit into tight spaces. Work well, though. http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wc ... cm_pla=DF&cm_ite=handtool  Matthew |
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| brut | Re: So what to do when..... | ||
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Yeah these nuts are real small. I am going to probably go down the dremel route and hope I can figure out how to reattach the parts correctly.
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| Curtis1974 | Re: So what to do when..... | ||
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I've had to do this before and it's about the only way. The Dremel works fine in a tight space. |
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| Aktbird | Re: So what to do when..... | ||
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After you get the old nut off, you may find that the stud has good threads at the end, then when you put the wiper motor back on, just use 2 washers under the nut so it won't go on far enough to get to the bad threads. Possibly a little Bubba-ish, but if it's in an inconspicous area, who will notice?
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| Durango_Boy | Re: So what to do when..... | ||
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Brut...problem solved?
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