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Questions tagged [stuck-bolt]

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How do I remove a destroyed lug nut?

A neighbor friend of mine offered to change my brakes on my Pontiac Torrent, well my husband had the proper tool to remove the lug nuts off my car in his truck, and the neighbor along with some other helpful bystanders took it upon themselves to…
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How do I loosen stuck lug nuts in order to change a tire?

How do I loosen car tire lug nuts (so that I can change a tire) when they are really really stuck? I have tried turning the provided wrench, even standing and jumping on it. This worked for 4 of the lug nuts, but not the bottom-most one. I have…
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Seized nut & bolt - difficult to access

Last year I added crash sliders to my aging Honda CBR 600F (1998) Recently whilst trying to remove the fairing for other work, I found the nut and bolt were "seized". Actually, by using a spanner at either end, the nut will turn on the bolt, but it…
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How to Remove Stripped Hex Bolts

While trying to remove a rotor from my Suzuki DL 1000 , I'm finding that some of the hex bolts are stripped. Attempting to use SpeedOut does not appear to be producing the desired result. Any tips on what I might be doing wrong? I am using the…
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Need to rotate an out of reach bolt or pin

I'm trying to fix the shifter on my dirt bike. I've located the problem, which is a pin that's come loose. The shifter kind of works, but every now and then it gets jammed because this loose pin isn't properly restricting the movement of the part…
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Thread on bolt - what happened?

This is a follow-up question to Seized nut & bolt - difficult to access What happened - or what did I do wrong - for this bolt to lose its thread in this way? Is it simply doing it up too tightly? Is that all it is?
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Tool for impacting screws — What is it called?

What is the name of this tool? Purpose: Hit it with a hammer to loosen a seized screw, etc. Source: YouTube channel "wtbm123": Can your screw driver do this, Weird Tools and my ratcheting screwdriver Go to 0:33. Speed up the playback speed since…
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How to Unscrew/loosen stuck O2 sensor

I have been trying to unscrew my faulty O2 sensor (to replace it with a new one I purchased) in a 2001 Honda Accord, with a F23A4 engine, per the following…
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How to remove a stuck (maybe melted) connector from the blower motor resistor

I have a 2003 Dodge Caravan in which the blower motor just blew out due to melted wiring at the connection of the blower motor cable and the blower motor resistor (picture attached). I've gotten replacement parts for the blower motor and resistor…
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How do you remove a broken oil dipstick tube?

I broke it off by mistake and am trying to replace it. Here's what I'm looking at. and here's what I've tried so far. If I try the green one I can pull very hard but it doesn't come loose. I can pull so hard that I'm afraid I'll break the plastic…
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Can bolts become fused with an exhaust manifold? If so is it possible to remove them?

I'm starting to think this is a sick joke. It's shaped like a bolt. It has threads like a bolt. But for all intents and purposes it is one with the exhaust manifold. Here's the piece I'm working with. And here's what's left of the bolts. I need to…
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What kind of amperage and sticks needed to weld a nut to a stripped cap/bolt?

I was trying to get a cam gear cap/bolt thing off a 2000 Volvo S80 2.9l and stripped the torx pattern out of a bolt. I'd guess it's around 1-1/2" in diameter, and this is what it looks like: I have tried other things like using JB Weld to hold a…
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Options for replacing rusted exhaust mounting bolts

The car is a 2005 Mini Cooper. The bolts that hold the exhaust mounts in place have rusted and snapped on both sides: I've taken up the floor of the boot and have located their heads on either side: If I took it to a garage for repair are they…
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How can I get this broken oil drain cover off?

So I have this broken oil drain cover under my GY6 Chinese Scooter I'm pretty sure it's one of these: The head was rounded and I thought it was just a steel bolt that went through a cover so I put some more pressure on it and tried to force it to…
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Remove rounded manifold bolt

I'm trying to take off the manifold bolts on an old Chevy 350 (the ones that connect the manifold to the header). I got 4 out of the 6 bolts out, but 2 are extremely struck and rounded due to all the rust. I actually broke my 14mm socket trying to…
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