to remove it
as wanted to change the oil today but cant unless any of u have any ideas how to get round it

 

You tried a pair of Moley's? Must be REALLY tight as you will only get one chance.

 

get a file,file 2 flat sides onto it opposite each other,then use a spanner to remove it. or....get an easy out kit(screw extractor kit0 you drill into the bolt,then put an easy out in (its a cone shape with a reverse thread) then turn it anti clock wise whilst tapping the end of the easy out with a hammer to keep it seated et voila,bolt is removed

 

Then, after that, a Chisel. Try Chiselling it round. Hard to explain that one though.

 

you fuckin WHAT?oh dear lord!

 

Seriously, it will work. Use a narrow bolster chisel on the flange of the nut and tap it round.

 

i know it WILL work,but jesus! get a easy out kit and all done!no messing

 

use a stillson wrench! they grip tight on round items (ie steering arms etc), a sump plug wont be a problem.

 

Hammer a slightly smaller socket on. Probably an imperial and then as you try and undo it tap the bolt with a hammer. It breaks the seal. Mechanic showed me that trick on my motocross bike when i fucked my sumpbolt. He got it undone in a few minutes

Best thing with sump bolts or any bolt thats too tight and feels like its gonna round off is to tighten it slightly first. This breaks the seal as well

 

But I was thinking more along the lines of a bolster chisel that he most probably already has, compared to an easy-out kit that he almost certainly doesn't.

 

tried to tighten it firstv wont work put a 1/2 on it but as soon as u turn it it just turns
can i file it down to a 12mm

 

youd be better to file two big flats for a spanner like bigwig said

 

if its metal weld nut on the heat will help free it 2

 

Yup agree with graham c just weld a nut or bolt to it and bobs ya aunties sister

 

I third that. Cut down bolt or a nut welded to it does it every time.

 

i fourth that... if he has a welder

 

Agree with greig, the propper way to remove it would be to use an Easy Out.

Bodging coonts some of the suggestions, dear me

 

you do know that these days theres a socket tool that will grip rounded nuts you can get from machine mart, as it turns it grips and bites and then your problem is solved



fuk all this welding shite and cutting atar shapes then chisel and file crap




1 tool and it does the job, think there about 20 quid and thats for the set too







think out of the box people

 

just get a thin punch and tap it round usin that

 

there is a tool designed for just this application,,,,,,,,, try that then use the old school ways to sort it


bet you lot still wash dishes in the sink too

 

so many ways

ive taken so many rounded bolts off and i must say that all the above ways work.
dont knock the chisel idea, coz if he aint got a welder or the easy outs then its a way that will get him out of trouble quickly and its free.

if u can get a slightly smaller socket on then best to use a t bar and tap it while u try to turn it. this will help keep the socket on the nut and also help break the seal.

 

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product...9&r=2073&g=111




next week ill show you tv's that work with w small box to automaticaly change the channel

 

very good ginge. give me a bolt that i cant get out with the tools in my garage and i'll give u the 20 quid!


any after uve shown me how to change the channel on the tv i'll show u how to line an engine up with a gearbox

 

mole grips on the round bit (not were you put the spanner but behind it) works every time for me.
bryan.

 

Quality reply

Do machine mart do anything to help line engines up to gearboxes?????

 

if all that fails book it in at a good garage then its their problem

 

Stillsons......If it's fucked you wont be using it again.... They'll get it out.

 

Personly i like to get a freindly Witch to chant an incantation over a voodoo replica of the nut to wish it free


Or i get me stillsons out

 

Thought I had better make the point after all the suggestions about getting it out, do you have a replacement ready? Dont want to get it out and then realise you need to drive the car to get a new one

 

Which type of socket are you using?

Bi-hexagonal


or Hexagonal


Use the Hexagonal one they dont slip as easily.

 

Another thing i have done in the past is grind a slot across the middle of the head and then used a flat metal bar in it like a lever. Came out piece of piss.

 

Monkey wrench first, if that doesnt work, hammer nad blunt chisel will almost certainly do it.

Get a BIT of heat on it too, will come out easier if its warm (but obviously dont blow torch it till the oil in the sump burns, lol)

 

chisel for me

 

probably the most usefull answer so far!

 

don't forget to put an oil pan underneath either

 

take the engine out and swap the sump?


but seriously, if you can get a smaller socket on the end, make sure it's only got 6 sides to it (as someone posted the pictuers of up top), put a fairly long extension on the end of it (to make sure you are keeping the socket properly onto the nut) and then get a big long bar (so you can apply even pressure without struggling and possibly slipping off the end if the nut decides to give up the ghost)

the other option, if you want to try it, is to use an impact drive to knock it off

you can get all sorts of tools to undo rounded nuts but they don't tend to work as well as they do on the telly

if you can find a stud extractor that might be worth trying too

one more thing
if you are worried about drilling through the bolt to get an easy out in there, don't worry, if you buy a new sump plug you can measure how deep you can get away with drilling before you go into the sump itself (not that you'd want to be doing that and getting swarf into the sump now do you, then you WOULD have to change the sump just to be on the safe side)

and one final thought, try using an impact socket on the nut as they have thicker sidewalls and have less chance of cracking

 

Wonder is he got it out?

 

ginge, if its them draper 3 taper bit sockets, than its all well and good like, but the c*nts dont work unless you place it vertically on the stud.

as in i paid £20 for one to remove the seat bolt that the head sheared off, from under the car.

place shiney new stud remover under the car, and it does fuck all as theis thing called gravity pulls the taper bits away from the fookin stud

ended up drilling the fukka out

 

Is he still doing it