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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Rusty Nut Bible: How to Undo Seized, Damaged or Broken Nuts, Bolts, Studs & Screws

The Rusty Nut Bible: How to Undo Seized, Damaged or Broken Nuts, Bolts, Studs & Screws

Newport, Chas

Paperback

Auto RepairBoatingMotorcycles

ISBN10: 1503176398
ISBN13: 9781503176393
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Dec 15 2014
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Vehicles, buildings, bikes, boats and barbecues all have one thing in common. They are all exposed to the elements. That guarantees two things: rust and mixed metal corrosion. Whether you are servicing, repairing, upgrading, refurbishing or restoring things, some disassembly is always required. All it takes to turn your Saturday morning recreational chore into a two-day knuckle-mashing swear-fest is one immovable bolt. Immediately resort to heat, big levers, sawing, grinding or filing and you often create more problems than you solve.

Heat is the most common piece of Internet wisdom, but has obvious hazards; fire, of course, plus damage to plastics, paint, pipework or wiring. It can also ruin the heat treatment on a fastener, making it brittle and hard to drill. Grinders, saws and files? Sparks and scars. Longer lever? You risk shearing the shaft, leaving an awkward stump. If it breaks off flush with the surface, your simple job just turned into a nightmare of centre finding, delicate drilling, and thread tapping.

There are two other reasons not to jump straight in with nuclear options; you can save time and money. The cheapest bits are the ones you don't have to replace and back-orders can add days or even weeks to the job. If you're restoring an older item, parts may not even be available, except at a reclamation or salvage yard. They have a captive audience, with few options; and we all know what that means... they can charge whatever they want!

The book opens with a proven 10-step process which starts with gentle, low-risk techniques which don't need any special tools. We escalate aggression with the advantage of all the previous steps. You know those times when the person you hand the jar opens it immediately? Exactly like that. So far nothing I've tackled has needed to go beyond step six...

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