Removing stubborn nuts-gas heating

its baltic · 20-11-2011 9:49am #1

Guys,
Is it practical for a farmer to go away and rent the gas barrells and buy the regulators that are used for gas welding, heating metal etc for on farm repair jobs?

And if not what is a good alternative for heating nuts and bolts which are seized?

Cheers

dar31 · 20-11-2011 10:03am

ordinary house hold gas bottle and a blow lamp to go on to it.
dose the job grand. and cheap esp if you use gas in house anyways.

mayo_lad · 20-11-2011 10:44am

its baltic wrote: »

Guys,
Is it practical for a farmer to go away and rent the gas barrells and buy the regulators that are used for gas welding, heating metal etc for on farm repair jobs?

And if not what is a good alternative for heating nuts and bolts which are seized?

Cheers

liberal amounts of WD-40 works fine

:D

BeeDI · 20-11-2011 11:32am

mayo_lad wrote: »

its baltic wrote: »

Guys,
Is it practical for a farmer to go away and rent the gas barrells and buy the regulators that are used for gas welding, heating metal etc for on farm repair jobs?

And if not what is a good alternative for heating nuts and bolts which are seized?

Cheers

liberal amounts of WD-40 works fine :D

Best ever liberator of stuck nuts etc, is liberal application of brake fluid. It eats through corrosion!

sh1tstirrer · 20-11-2011 4:06pm

I melt candle wax onto the stuck nut with a small gas torch that you can buy in any hardware store. Candle wax will work its way into the threads of the bolt, works every time.

pakalasa · 20-11-2011 5:35pm

What I find great too, is to give the nuts a slap with a lump hammer at the start. The shock of it does wonders. Also use a heavy duty socket, the impact type and the biggest drive possible, i.e 3/4" instead of 1/2" etc. Use a long bar on the socket and while levering it, get someone else to to hit the bar on the top a few inches from the socket. The vibration from the shock always seems to work better than brute force.

red bull · 20-11-2011 7:42pm

Theres a device called a nutcracker a neighbour has one never fails just attach to socket it multiflies the torque and will open any nut

martin46585 · 20-11-2011 10:24pm

If you can get the part near the workshop, and weld a spot or two to the nut, the sudden burst of heat will make the nut expand and larger on the thread,
works most times...........

weefarmer · 20-11-2011 10:44pm

red bull wrote: »

Theres a device called a nutcracker a neighbour has one never fails just attach to socket it multiflies the torque and will open any nut

These are a feckin lifesaver, ours is geared 35:1, takes 35 turns of the lever before the socket makes 1 full turn, can turn it with your fingertips,

cjpm · 24-11-2011 9:32pm

red bull wrote: »

Theres a device called a nutcracker a neighbour has one never fails just attach to socket it multiflies the torque and will open any nut

weefarmer wrote: »

These are a feckin lifesaver, ours is geared 35:1, takes 35 turns of the lever before the socket makes 1 full turn, can turn it with your fingertips,

Where could i get one of these and roughly how much are they?? Any good makes to look out for??

caseman · 24-11-2011 10:02pm

its baltic wrote: »

Guys,
Is it practical for a farmer to go away and rent the gas barrells and buy the regulators that are used for gas welding, heating metal etc for on farm repair jobs?

And if not what is a good alternative for heating nuts and bolts which are seized?

Cheers

Buy a oxy bottle secondhand , youll get one for around e100 .
If you know anybody with a garage or in construction with a permit get them to fill it.
Ordinary house hold gas mixed will do for heating, but wont weld.

blue5000 · 24-11-2011 11:56pm

cjpm wrote: »

Where could i get one of these and roughly how much are they?? Any good makes to look out for??

The 'travelling salesmen' have them, bought one earlier this yr, roughly 80-100yoyo or 1/3 of what they start off asking for it:D pm me if you want their mobile no......

pakalasa · 25-11-2011 8:15am

Nutcracker - for opening nuts on wheels.

Is this it?
http://www.tteauto.com/procon.aspx?id=186

vanderbadger · 25-11-2011 9:13am

pakalasa wrote: »

Nutcracker - for opening nuts on wheels.

Is this it?
http://www.tteauto.com/procon.aspx?id=186

never heard of one before, sounds like ahandy tool if this is the same tool

weefarmer · 25-11-2011 9:44am

pakalasa wrote: »

Nutcracker - for opening nuts on wheels.

Is this it?
http://www.tteauto.com/procon.aspx?id=186

Thats nearly the same one as we have! And I bought it at a show last year for €80.
When the "travelling salesmen" came around here sellibg them first, no1 had ever seen them before and they did look the bees knees and the feckers got upto and over €300 for them!!