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polarbears84 OP t1_je2hay0 wrote

Reply to comment by minesskiier in Any advice on what to do about removing a nut that won’t budge? by polarbears84

Radical… Will need to borrow one

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minesskiier t1_je2inzl wrote

It works a lot of the times. Focus the heat on the nut without heating the bolt. Your counting on thermal energy expansion here to break the bond so heating the nut makes it get bigger as long as the bolt does not get to hot and expand too.

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polarbears84 OP t1_je2qyfa wrote

Success! I used a candle though, it did nothing at first. I decided to hunt for a better drill bit, found one perhaps 1 mm bigger, and this time it came out like butter. Maybe the metal needed a few minutes to expand? Maybe combo fire + change of drill bit?

Anyway, thank you!!

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