Re: [AlbinVega] Re: rusty nuts

[walt judy brown allore]

Try a nut splitter, any hardware store should have one. It slips over the
nut and by turning a stud on the side of it, drives a chisel poiint into the
side of the nut. The nut splits on one side and looses its grip on the bolt.
Very easy to remove afterwards. Walt, Lyric

 

[garryms82]

Thanks Walt, never heard of such a beast. It's on my list first thing
tomorrow! There is a very limited amount of room behind some of the nuts.
I'm sure though that it will work on many of them.

|Garry|At 10:36 PM 3/7/04 +0000, you wrote:

 

[garryms82]

Thanks Gentlemen,

I had never heard of a bolt splitter, however my wife who used to work in a
hardware store (That's Home Hardware for the Canucks) .

See... the answer isin't always "out there" sometimes the wife knows as
much as the Internet. -)

I would still be interested in knowing if this (rusted deck - to - hull
nuts) has occurred on Albin Vega's

|Garry|
Albin 82MS
(think of it as a Vega on steroids)|Garry|

At 05:12 PM 3/17/04 +0000, you wrote:

 

[tjelle1946]

The tool is round with a bolt thru the side with a very hard knife point--it fits over the nut-tighten enough to cut the nut just enough to weaken the nut to break it loose from the bolt--be careful not to damage bolt threads if you wish to re-use the bolt. Use the correct size spanner to tighten-as you will need lots of torque. jorgen