Best Ways to Get Rusty Nuts and Bolts Off (Effective Techniques)
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2024
- How do I get this rusty bolt off? I have run into that problem hundreds of times myself, so here are 16 tips for loosening rusty bolts. And if you happen to know a trick for getting stubborn bolts off that I did NOT mention, please let me know in the comments section below... because we all know how frustrating it is to be stuck in the middle of a project with a rusty bolt holding up progress!
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Best of the internet right here folks. This guy presented more solutions in 10 minutes than most politicians do in 4 years.
So true!
Exactly. Yet, that is never the goal of pols
😄😄🙌 Facts!!!!
I mean, yeah, but it’s their corporate handlers that prevent any real change or solutions.
@@shannonforusa45😅
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After watching 15 of these videos you are the only one who actually MENTIONS using cold. I always like to use hot / cold together.
Awesome tips. Opened up the mind to a different way of looking at problems -- Improve the grip, increase the leverage/torque. This line of thinking can be applied to other problems too.
I notice these videos always use easy access bolts as examples, but the most common reason for stuck and stripped bolts is that they're in hard to access places, which makes them hard to get a wrench around, which is what caused the fiasco in the 1st place.
YES! I'm struggling with a really rusted rear damper bolt, it's squeezed really tight up there, there's barely any room. I need a 6-12" extender to even get to the thing. And the bolt faces downward. No leverage at all.
@@mog7501 Wow, Im having the same problem with my rear shock bolts on my mazda 3 2006... Did you get them out?
@@Shr1mp2K I gave up and went to a mechanic. Even for them it took like 2 hrs lol. Ended up paying $80 for one nut 😭. Most expensive nut removal in my life. They had a really tighter extractor socket and some other special tools. I already tried heat, extractor socket, grinder tool and nothing worked.
Exactly! The title says "nuts and bolts", but he's only working on a nut, which is a walk in the park compared to bolts.
Let's see him try these same tips on rusty seized caliper bracket bolts while working in his driveway. Lots and lots of heat is usually what's required.
Agreed, Getting the nut off is one thing. Backing a seized bolt out of an engine block is where I struggle
One of the best of the entire internet. Thank you!!!
You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. outstanding. The only one that you didn't mention was the smoke wrench. Oxy acetylene torch. That as my dad used to say "is for when you are done talkin"
Sir, you have my sincere thanks! Great information, great video!
love it - thank you! I'm going to use some of these tips to try and remove some rusted bolts on an old compound miter saw someone gave me.
Great tips. I pretty much go to the heating the female and adding wax from a candle as a time saver. Works for threaded plumbing joints, manifolds etc...sometimes on very large marine applications I have to use oxy acetylene to get the parts hot enough to suck the wax in but this is king!
I was taught that years ago and was happy to see it listed here ! I am in a situation where if I break off the bolts it could cost thousands and major labor. I am going to use most of the ideas before I go -for-it.I really like the ATF and Acetone combo which I will let soak for a few days before I do the heat and wax. I am also going to just turn it a quarter turn and the tighten about an eight turn and soak it again.
Thanks for the tips. I have just had a fight with a small outboard. I used most of your ideas but the combination of ferrous metals mixing with alloys created a lot of galvanic corrosion. In the end I had to drill it it off. I like the nut splitting idea. The problem with small outboards the very small constricted space available for tools
SPOT ON MATE!! thank you!!!
Thank you, So much!!! I have an alternator I am trying to replace. The tension belt adjuster is a monster rusted. I am certain one of these techniques will work.
Thank you so much dude. This is video is the most complete tutorial for removing stuck bolt i ever seen. So many methods. I succeeded with using pipe wrench.
I tried that too using a pipe wrench made in China. It broke! The bolt, a very large one, is still there (in a farming implement).
Absolutely the best reference on youtube about frozen nuts. I have watched several longer ones on just one technique.
Great solutions for headaches. Seems like each one will work. Thanks for sharing.
Great info for the DIY guy or gal that gets into a bind with rusted or siezed nuts. I have used mose of these in the past with varied effectiveness. Also used impact hammer with shake and brake tool to help loosen the rust
Best ways of removing nuts, Verymuch interesting, many many thanks.
An excellent video. Thank you.
This was awesome!
Excellent info right here! Got those bolts out with the pipe wrench method + a torch, thank you, you’re a life saver!
Thank you for your video. It saved us on a motorcycle build. Thank you
I got my husband a fur-lined jockstrap for frozen nuts.
you're a saint
@@cameronwoodall1811 my best friend used deep penetrating lube on my girl friends deep hole when he got his SCREW stuck in it.. much to my chagrin after he un froze the connection he loosened and tightened the shaft so it would not bind. He was free to withdraw his cam shaft from her exhaust manifold when he was done....
I really didn't want to change the inner tie rod, but the adjustment nut was frozen on with rust from the 2000 Eldorado being in Wisconsin most of its life. With tips from this video, I soaked the nut in PB Blaster overnight then tried again. Still couldn't get the nut to move (Wenches, high torque impact driver, etc.). Then I tried heating the nut with a BernzOmatic followed with a douse in very cold water. Instead of trying to loosen, I instead tightened to try to break the nut free, and it did break pretty easily. Thanks Error Code Guy, I would never have thought of doing this!
Great video. Thank you.
Great Vajayo! only two additional tricks I know that you did not include welding a bolt onto a stripped head ( typically an oil pan drain plug) the other trick is use an air chisel on the end of the tool ( best if it is used on cheater pipe and not the tool itself) to hammer off the bolt. The important point that may have been missed here is that it seems like the hitting, tapping and shock ( thermal and mechanical) is the secret and use all the different options prior to stripping the nut or bolt.
excellent and comprehensive
. That was a great lesson on really useful experience.
Awesome tips!! Thanks a lot!!
Thanks for the cool techniques!
Great video, thanks
Great video thanks. I have used these techniques with good success. I find that rust check is an excellent penetrating oil especially if you can let it sit over night. If possible you can put rusted assemblies into warm vinegar for a couple of days to remove rust, the hotter the better. I have done that with rust seized alternators and have gotten them working without any disassembly.
I switched up from.the wrench to other tools and that did it brother thanks so much 🙏 😊
good video I learned a lot thank you, PATRICK
God bless you! i tried the heat up and cold water ,, it works perfectly
Awesome!! Thanks for sharing these tips to us. Usualy, i used to grab an hammer an hit the spanner, to allow the loosen for the bolt itself.
I'm curius to use the ATF+acetone combo.
If the problem is the rust, i've listened from a mechanic that he used to tight and the loose the bolt, few degrees, just to broke that the rust in it.
Thanks for your effort friend.
Like this a lot.
An old mechanic friend of mine used to say "liquid steel can't hold torque".....so if it sTHAT bad, just heat it up until it flows away...🙂
EXCELLENT VIDEO, THE BEST!!!
Brilliant‼️
Very informative video. All in one video on rusted item removal. Thank you sir.
Very very good tips...
interesting re the Acetone/ATF mix.....i'll try that on my winter project !
Great video with various techniques I didn't know about. Thank you
Filing it down to the next size... My God how come I never think of such good yet obvious ideas
Gotta get rid of what the world teaches "specific tools for specific jobs".... Reality is use what works if it works. Lol
Same!
This is great. I have a snapped off bolt head that is making me question all reality. Ran out of 4 letter words yesterday.
Thanks Hank Hill, this is very helpful!
ATF + acetone. I didn't knew that one. Thank you.
awesome ! thank you
Excellent information Sir
Probably best video on subject. ✌From England ♑
Extraordinary detail !
Super helpful !!
I learned lots !!!
Thanks mate . 👊🏼 🔥
Very good thank you. Also you can sometimes knock on a smaller size socket with a hammer and a scrap piece of ally or a mandrel on to a rounded nut. eg - 3/8ths can be forced on to a 10mm nut. Heat is best if you are not going to damage any surrounding area. If you are removing glow plugs on a diesel run the engine to got them hot first, works for me every time.
Thanks Bud I subbed - great video post and thumbs up!
Very great job and thanks for sharing with us
great video, thank you
Very interesting, thanks 👍
Great video, can't thank you enough!
Thanks for the great video and all the information
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Just started doing hvac and rusty bolts and shafts are the bane of my existence 😤
8:35 Brilliant. I have never seen that technique before.
I worked at an aircraft engine plant. Outer rings and nuts would be heated and dry ice (-109.3 F) would be placed against the bolt or inner surface. I know it might not be practical but it demonstrates how expansion and contraction can really loosen married items of metal.
Great tip, thanks!
Hah, thanks for that. Heated up a mower deck wheel leg which is frozen to 800 f with acetylene for 15-20 minutes, still no movement.
Someone suggested heating and dousing with cold water, which I'll try first, after that I'll try the dry ice.
great video
Thank you sir your video really gave me knowledge.
Very helpful and interesting techniques indeed! 👍Thank you sir 🙏
Great vids man. Now I got so many options to ruin my bolts LMFAO. Cheers
This helps out big time
+Mark Paez Jr
Glad you enjoyed the video. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Also if you have any techniques that have worked for you, I would love to hear about it. It's always a tough job getting these rusty nuts and bolts off.
Excellent
Best video out there.Was always lookin for one that could give a preventative tip and only yours explained about antiseize.
Greetings from England🇬🇧
Excellencies ideas 👌👍
Awesome video!
Loved this..thanks man
Glad you enjoyed the video!👍👍
Super good information
Men nice video,And I prefer the last way.
great ideas...thanks
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I love this video. 100%
+Anthony Gonsalves
Glad you enjoyed the video. if you have any techniques that work really well, I would love to hear about them. These techniques will help us all. Thanks again for your comment.
Very interesting.
Am binge watching your channel after finding the vid on fuel problems. What an Aladdins Cave of ideas. Never seen the paraffin wax trick before.
Wow 😮
Paraffin wax and auto ‘box oil are genius.
Thanks so much. 🙏
I sometimes use a small rag, wrapped around the nut and then soak the rag with WD40 (as well as the nut prior to wrapping) and then leave for an hour.
I then remove the rag, heat with a torch and try again.
Sometimes it works and sometimes I cry 😭
When I used a Chester bar it became part of the 3/8 in Ratchet I was using at the time and is now the extension tool
of choice
Thank you made my day haha
Thank you only left if is a touch, got all the possibilities !
Wow nice
gentleman , all the trics you explained are true but it is certainly useful under different situation i.e., position of bolts etc. a solution of sulfuric acid h2so4 is quite helpful to remove old rust that I have experienced subject to precautions.
Aight noice!! Thx 4 that
I'm not a fan of the heating up red hot then dousing with water technique. Unless you like broken bolts and studs.
Awesome video thought. A lot of great ideas to get off those stubborn fasteners. Cheers.
agreed ....makes them brittle.....better with some penetrant after heating the heat again......rinse and repeat !
Nice I like it
Candle wax is bloody good. It's like solid freeing oil which doesn't evaporate in a cloud of vapour if you've been heating the job.
WD40 and GT85 or TF2 are crap. I was brought up before they were mainstream and I used Plus Gas, Holts Rustola, or Duckhams Duck Oil. Plus Gas is really good. It creeps and gets everywhere. It's like slightly oilier paraffin ( kerosene ). Even paraffin/kerosene on its own creeps well but doesn't lubricate so good.
Men it's a lot of tip thanks
The blowtorch with the cold water works wonders
Good video.
Very good video
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Thanks
Great information ! My problem is lug nuts on a car, much harder to get to and a major pain in the _ _ _.
interesting info
+NathMainA99
Glad you found it interesting, if you have any other techniques for taking Rusty nuts and bolts off that have been really effective , I would love to hear about them. That information will help us all. Thanks for the comment.
You’re the best
the best way is heating up the nut , so it expands cracking the rust hold , and then dousing it thoroughly with PB blaster allowing it to work it's way down into the threads !
Thank you so much for your advice. It’s been so helpful but the one problem I’m having is getting brake lines loose without tearing the you know the fitting up or getting it off in one piece and I do the things you talk about with the bolt, but is there any different procedure for brake lines on old cars?
actually if you can heat the nut while being careful not to heat the bolt (on something big enough is the easiest way but adjust your torch size to the job) the inside diameter of the nut will expand, and can make it easier to extract. be careful though, if you heat the bolt equally it negates the effect. This is how rail car wheels are put on (a wheel is heated then allowed to cool on the axle creating a friction fit) (thanks physics 101 and 102 professor at my community college! You were bad ass Mr. Burkhart!)
+Horrible Hebrew
It's great having a great teacher. I am still forever indebted to a few of my high school teachers. The more we understand about physics, the better problem-solving we can do.
That principle is only effective for two parts that are not already bonded together. After they have bonded with rust you'll never get a temperature delta of more than 20° or 30° F. What is happening is the iron oxide is actually combusting (or beginning to) and the bond is weakened.
Actually, even when both parts heat up and expand, anything between them expands as well, including gaps/air filled spaces, which can help loosen things up.
thanx i was trying to undo two parts of a little dremel-tool type thing. number 8 did it. i heated the thing up, then dipped it in icey cold water, didn't work. did it three more times, worked like a charm although i had tried everything before. now i just need to figure out how to prevent this from happening again. i don't know if you can get this anti-seeze thing in my country but maybe you can get something similar
Cool!