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im assuming the old bolt is lost ?
therefore you dont know the length , diameter , thread ?
in which case youre screwed without the part no.

not lost - just knackered. the prize-wit that i'm working with couldn't understand why he couldn't loosen it the traditional way (righty tighty/lefty loosey) and he just kept tightening it until it snapped.
 
not lost - just knackered. the prize-wit that i'm working with couldn't understand why he couldn't loosen it the traditional way (righty tighty/lefty loosey) and he just kept tightening it until it snapped.
so...how have you managed to get the old bolt out?
was there enough on it to get some grips on it to wind it out?
 
so...how have you managed to get the old bolt out?
was there enough on it to get some grips on it to wind it out?

the pillock that i work with tried allen keys, alligator pump pliers and mole grips to get the bolt out. when they all failed, he used an angle grinder to put a flat surface on the bolt head (which was round for some reason) and then set about it with the stilsons.

this snapped the head straight off and broke a couple of the threads on the bolt. luckily it just twisted straight out - clockwise of course.
 
Going on shaggies name and picture, I'm thinking West coast movie star, the ones she doesn't like me watching.
Never get any complaints about the techniques I pick up though.
 
Going on shaggies name and picture, I'm thinking West coast movie star, the ones she doesn't like me watching.
Never get any complaints about the techniques I pick up though.


if only, archy, if only.

i don't think i'd get many photo opportunities, judging by the reactions i was getting around bradford today, when i was showing everyone my one inch bolt.
 

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