the bolts aren't sticking out they are in the wooden stool and turn when i move the nuts
2007-11-13 10:04:42 · 11 answers · asked by joshuajjohnson22 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
if there that stubborn cutm off
2007-11-13 10:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by txtx 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Several ways to do this. If the head of the bolt is imbedded into the stool so far you can't hold it with pliers or vice grips and the length of the bolt that has passed throught the nut is long enough you can grasp the bolt with vice grips and loosen the nut. Be careful though that you don't mess up the threads. Another trick would be to tap on the head of the bolt and see if you can drive a bit deeper and thus maybe it would hold itself in place enough to remove the nut. You could saw the bolt off if ya monkey up the threads also. Yet one more trick that I haven't seen mentioned would be to engrave a slot either in the head of the bolt or at the end of the bolt to hold it with a screwdriver and then using a wrench to back off the nut. A dremel drill or a cut off wheel would work for that. Or yet one other thing would be air! A very fast rotation on that nut may also do the trick. An air ratchet with a deep well socket! Good luck!
2007-11-13 11:04:04 · answer #2 · answered by gmf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-22 12:31:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The HEADS aren't sticking out is what I hope you mean.
How much thread/ if any; is avaliable beneath?
How important to you; is the integrity of the stool seat?
If you have any thread at all beneath the nut; use a Vice Grips on the bolt, and an open end wrench on the nut. It that's not possible, and you can endure damage to the seat; use the vice grips on the head. if all else fails cut the nut.
2007-11-13 10:25:48 · answer #4 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I understand your setup, which I may not, you will need two socket wrenches/ one socket wrench and a wrench corresponding to the size of the nut and the size of the head of the bold. Use the socket wrench/wrench on the head of the bolt to hold it in place as you use the other socket wrench/wrench to loosen the nut. If you cannot hold the bolt head side still work the wrenches in the opposite direction to attempt to break the seal of the nut free from the bolt. I hope this helps and that I understood your question.
2007-11-13 10:10:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
carefully slip a pry bar into the area between the wood and the head of the carriage bolt keep pressure applied till you get the bolt exposed enough to apply vise grips locked on the hold in place for you as you finish removing the nut
2007-11-13 10:09:02 · answer #6 · answered by Imagine 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A pair of vicegrips and a piece of thick twine ought to do the trick. Attach the grips to the bolt, tie the grips to whatever the bolt is attached to, then loosen the bolt from the other side.
2007-11-13 10:10:21 · answer #7 · answered by JTony 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a small patch of rubber (like a scrap piece from a tire innertube) and press against the head with your finger while you turn the nut with a wrench.
2007-11-13 10:11:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only way i have found to do this is to cut off the end with the nut on it and repalce the entire nut ,bolt and washer with new ones
2007-11-13 10:09:34 · answer #9 · answered by hermitofnorthdome 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cut them out with an acetylene torch, setting the wood on fire you will be able to pull them out through the resulting holes
2007-11-13 10:09:47 · answer #10 · answered by wheels 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋