Stuck head bolts

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Jac-al

Stuck head bolts

Post by Jac-al » Tue May 27, 2014 7:19 pm

pls help,
I cant get the head off, the bolts are stuck and are gonna start rounding off from me tryin
The gap is too small to use a power bar

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Re: Stuck head bolts

Post by Malc » Wed May 28, 2014 8:56 am

Use these... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Irwin-Bolt-Grip ... B0000CCXVZ

I can highly recommend them - they are brilliant.

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Re: Stuck head bolts

Post by Neosophist » Wed May 28, 2014 11:59 am

The only thing I can suggest is to use proper tools.

It sounds like the sockets you have are not well fitting if they are slipping, post up a picture of what your tring to use.
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