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re: Any tips on breaking a seized bolt?
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:28 pm to OptionRight
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:28 pm to OptionRight
quote:
Heat will expand metal and make it tighter.
, you're supposed to heat up the nut, not the bolt. The nut will expand faster than the bolt and help it break free. 
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Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:28 pm to High C
Small pipe wrench might do the trick.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:36 pm to High C
Get a wax candle, heat up the nut/bolt enough to melt the wax on it. The wax will work its way into the threads, and it will come right off.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:37 pm to High C
Sure it ain’t a reverse thread?
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:37 pm to Sao
quote:
Ask your husband to help?
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:38 pm to High C
Kroil. Breaker bar
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:39 pm to Rossberg02
Yeah, just a standard lawn mower blade. Hard to get leverage with the deck in the way.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:40 pm to Pectus
quote:
So make the metal expand, for an even tighter fit?!?!?!?!
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:42 pm to High C
Is it a reverse thread bolt?
You might be turning it in the wrong direction. Look in your owners manual and make sure.
Push mower or riding mower?
Replacing blades or going to sharpen?
You might be turning it in the wrong direction. Look in your owners manual and make sure.
Push mower or riding mower?
Replacing blades or going to sharpen?
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:43 pm to Rossberg02
I thought the same. The bolt should tighten on the same direction the blade turns. Loosen the opposite.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:43 pm to High C
quote:is this you?
Any tips on breaking a seized bolt?
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:44 pm to High C
Don't listen to any of these knuckle heads telling you to put a,cheater bar on that bolt. You will twist the head of the bolt off.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:45 pm to upgrayedd
quote:
upgrayedd
If he only heated the head of the bolt that is what would happen.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:46 pm to High C
Impact wrench and socket will likely do it
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:49 pm to High C
Socket and a long breaker bar or an impact if you have one. If you can get the box end of a wrench on it, you can double wrench it or if you have a piece of pipe with a big enough ID, use it as a cheater.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:49 pm to AU1960
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This post was edited on 2/13/25 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:50 pm to High C
quote:Man I thought this was difficult until trying to restore my 76's Bronco in 2014
Lawn mower blade.
There wasn't a bolt, a nut or anything that wasn't fricked shut. So good luck on your lawn mower
Did the radiator a few months ago and everything fell apart when we were doing it
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:52 pm to High C
carburetor cleaner
socket
cheater pipe
socket
cheater pipe
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:52 pm to High C
grinder
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:57 pm to High C
50/50 solution of acetone and auto transmission fluid. Best penetrating oil. Spray and let sit for a few hours. You can add some heat and it should break loose.
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