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zzsprade:

I am having a particular problem undoing a whole series of bolts holding my cabinet together.

First off they have probably not been undone in nearly 20 years.

As a result the nut seems to be 'stuck' on each of the bolts

The problem is that the bolt itself is a round head type and as a result can not provide a counter leverage to get it undone. If you grip the nut itself and try to hold the end of the bolt it just keeps spinning around and around.

I have tried WD-40 and other lubricants to try to unseize it.

My concern is that there are so many in the cabinet I need to find an effective way to take each of them off.

Any ideas?


-Alex



whynotpizza:

How about trying to use a metal-cutting grinding wheel/stone to CUT off the NUT side completely?

Although this might be tricky if the bolts are flush against the inside of the cabinet.

A dremel tool with the wheel bit might work best, or maybe a wheel which attaches to a hand drill might also be good.

Make sure to wear safety glasses.

Good luck. :)

   David



fatfingers:



You said sticky nuts!!   :laugh2:



NightGod:

Instead of cutting them off, buy a nut splitter. It's a device designed to break the nuts off of bolts, definately alot safer than attacking it with a Dremel.

johnm160:

If the bolt sticks out past the nut anwhere near as far as in your illustration you can grab the back end with a pair of vice grips. I will screw up the back couple of thread where you clamp on but by that time you will usually just be able to snap them off with a back and forth rocking motion pretty easily.

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