Splitting a Rusted/Rounded Nut With A Cold Chisel | Man About Home
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
- Splitting a Rusted/Rounded Nut With A Cold Chisel | Man About Home
This is how I split old rusty nuts to remove them from their bolts.
When I was creating the Subaru Air Conditioning Repair CZcams Video, I said I would create this video to show how to remove an old stuck nut by splitting it with a hammer and chisel. So, here it is!
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God I hope I never find myself in a situation where I need to split an it with a chisel. My inner Tim, the Toolman, Taylor, wants me to use a grinder or a recip saw at every possible opportunity. Id say actual nut splitters are a viable option to.
It depends on the situation. There are times it can't be avoided, like when those nice tools won't fit into the work space, or you need to save the bolt threads. It's really not as difficult as it might look. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Thought I'd never see the day as well but I have an engine fan nut completely rounded off between a fan and a radiator in my car and can barely fit vice grips in there-vice grips not workin'. Looks like a teeny set of chisels are my last resort
Trying to get some nuts off a Toyota o2 sensor flange, they are stuck solid
If I can safely put a flame to the nut(s) in question, I always try heating them up first. A handheld propane torch can often be enough to get them glowing. When they're that hot, they're also usually expanded enough to move them. I'm always prepared in case something starts burning! A water hose or fire extinguisher at hand. Good luck with those nuts! Let us know how you make out.
@@manabouthome I got them off! I didn't have a butane torch handy and it was late in the day so shops weren't open to buy a cold chisel or nut extractor sockets, so I tried my Milwaukee vice grips and plenty more penetrant spray and I got them moving! Thanks for the advice
@@nzuncovered1845 Great job! Good thing you could get the vice grips on them. Thanks for commenting!
Perhaps it would have been easier to first of all use a sharp punch to mark the nut, then use a drill to drill a large hole in one side of the nut, being carefull not to penetrate the bolt, then use the chisel to "gently" chip at the two remaining pieces of nut either side of the drilled hole? No heavy hammering, or bent bolts! The nut would fall off.
That might make sense in some situations!
The nut I used as an example was larger than I'd normally be doing this on, and not very rusted. I didn't have a better example on hand. It was used simply to demonstrate the technique. It's usually a lot easier with smaller nuts.
I've mainly used this technique on heavily rusted exhaust systems and things with smaller size nuts, where the rust is so heavy there's almost nothing left (Or where there's no access for tools to grab onto it). It takes a lot less pounding in that situation, and you can often save the part that's being held in place by the nut.
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@@manabouthome It was a helpful little tutorial in a way, as I had been thinking about using a sharp, cold chisel on a problem nut, hence my watching your video. It all started off very well, until the bolt started bending! Ooops... The other problem must folk experience, especially on vehicles, is the nut and bolt have bonded, i.e., the rust has formed a bond and nothing will shift that unless you take a nut splitter or do something "brutal" to it! In my case, I'm on my side, lying on the garage floor, trying to hold a chisel and hammer, or worse, a Black and Decker, to drill the nut off!! Either way, it has to come off, so I'll revert to my idea outlined above, a sharp punch to create the mark, and the drill to weaken the structure of the nut, before giving it a bloody good wack with the cold chisel.
@@scotsguy422 Good luck with it!
What brand is that chisel ?
Hargrave 200. USA. The featured 3/4" chisel was purchased new, 40 years ago! But if you do some web browsing, you'll find these are still available. Thanks for watching and commenting!