Gary, et. al.
Sorry for the confusion. The nut moved enough to loosen the pressure on the
shock, but it froze on the bolt. Frozen together, the nut and bolt spun freely
in relationship to the shock.
Thanks for all the feedback, everyone.
We have success.
First, all the feedback put me at ease; Sacrifice the bolt and be careful in
there.
The winning suggestion was, drum roll please, from Ed, " Try a Dremel tool".
As I was putting the dermal together I saw the little ball grinder and I had a
thought. Since the nut moved only a tiny bit before freezing on the bolt, I
figured something was lodged in the first thread. I took the ball grinder,
dentist style, and ran it around the threads where the nut and bolt meet. After
that, a little WD40 and 30 seconds with the impact wrench and off it came,
begrudgingly.
Thanks all.
And yes. They are on their way to Peter.
Greg
65BJ8
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On Aug 7, 2010, at 9:03 AM, "warthodson@aol.com" <warthodson@aol.com> wrote:
Greg,
If you are saying that you have a socket on both the bolt head & the nut and
they spin freely but don't tighten or loosen, then obviously the threads are
stripped.
As you undoubtedly know by now there is not a lot of room to work in that area.
A Sawsall might be hard to control without damaging the shock body.
You might have better luck with a mini hack saw.
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1290073
Gary Hodson
When I put the sockets on it, it moved just enough to allow the nut and bolt to
spin freely, but not loosen any more. I can't tighten it, either.
ck
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