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StreakinOraNgeX
10-08-2004, 12:52 PM
So I was trying to install my awr front mount and when I was trying to take the bolt off with a American size equivalent to 17mm, I rounded the nut off pretty good. I'm so pissed because I want to get it in there and now a 17 mm socket won't fit on all the way b/c of the nut that is rounded. Any suggestions?
CustomMSP
10-08-2004, 12:54 PM
take a dremmel/file and make a new nut out of the rounded nut to something like a 16mm. Or take a hammer and hammer on a 16mm socket on that rounded nut.
StreakinOraNgeX
10-08-2004, 01:07 PM
that sounds like a lot of chance for error....
CustomMSP
10-08-2004, 01:41 PM
You'll want a braker bar as well. It should come right off.
xelderx
10-08-2004, 01:45 PM
Sell you car and get an older model Ford pickup. Then your tools will fit.
StreakinOraNgeX
10-08-2004, 01:57 PM
What's a breaker bar?
hellcat
10-08-2004, 02:03 PM
Sell you car and get an older model Ford pickup. Then your tools will fit.

LMFAO! (smash)

Oh, and a breaker bar is a tool to give you more leverage when dealing with hard to losen bolts, nuts, etc. You can slip a small pipe over your rachet and get more leverage that way.
Glowmunkey
10-08-2004, 07:32 PM
Just hammer the socket on it, then buy a new bolt. Either buy metric tools, or give up.
122 Vega
10-08-2004, 07:49 PM
Mine did the same thing last night. I am now using an air impact gun with a 6 point 17mm socket.

Britt
uclap5
10-08-2004, 08:08 PM
i did mine last night. wasnt much trouble for my mighty pipe of steel.

youve got a japanese car. time to invest in metric tools.
StreakinOraNgeX
10-09-2004, 02:21 AM
So, just to recap I should file the nut down to the hexagon, fit on a metric 17mm socket by hammering it down and get it off that way? Should I combine all these methods or something else?
peepsalot
10-09-2004, 02:37 AM
is the thing completely round now, if there are any flat surfaces, then maybe a monkey wrench could do it still? Or possibly something like a vise grip, but you won't get much leverage like that.

Either way, you're gonna wanna replace that nut with a fresh one, and you're grounded until you get a set of metric sockets. Now go to your room and think about what you've done. (no)
BlkZoomZoom
10-09-2004, 08:47 AM
extractors also work wonders.
celdridge
10-09-2004, 10:11 AM
What's a breaker bar?



Quickest and easiest breaker bar : go to home depot and get a ceiling fan extension rod ... cut it in half ... voila.
StreakinOraNgeX
10-09-2004, 11:26 AM
extractors also work wonders.Ok, what are extractors.
spicynamja
10-10-2004, 02:10 AM
Metric tools are the only way to go. A long wrench does the trick, but a breaker bar would make it soo much easier.
low_psi
10-10-2004, 02:12 AM
plasma cutter.
Glowmunkey
10-10-2004, 11:15 AM
plasma cutter.
HAHAHAHA... he doesn't have metric tools, what do you think the odds are of finding THIS in the garage??
StreakinOraNgeX
10-10-2004, 12:21 PM
Just to clarify, I have an assortment of jumbled american and metric tools; i don't just have American tools.
jrodhotrod
10-11-2004, 02:39 PM
If it's truly rounder, like a nut on my rear motor mount was, and none of the above mentioned things works, go to Sears and get a set of these, they are worth their weight in gold:

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&vertical=TOOL&pid=00952166000&subcat=Taps+%26+Dies

They make several sized kits, thats one of the bigger kits.