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Old 25-02-2010 | 01:45 PM
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Hi all,

Im trying to get the 6 long studs out of my 200 block Yb. I have tried locking two nuts together and tried un-doing them but they are barstad tight!

Is this the best way of doing it? Anyone got any tips?

I have however employed some muscle for later on this evening so he maybe able to get them undone by locking nuts together lol
Old 25-02-2010 | 01:56 PM
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i just locked 2 of the nuts together quite far down the stud where its more rigid and they were tight but they did undo
Old 25-02-2010 | 02:39 PM
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yep as above should come out that way...remember they would be torqued up to about 100ft/lb so will require a bit of force.
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god these studs dont wanna know, my mates hada go and the we cant lock the nuts together enough without them turning
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ok, well Im going to give it a few more trys with some brute force
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if the nuts are still spinning without turning the stud , try adding a few extra nuts so to say

so insted of using 2 nuts to lock together ,use 3 nuts and wang em up against each other !!

failing that then would weld nut to it then remove ...unfortunately this will knacker your long studs
Old 25-02-2010 | 05:31 PM
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what about warming the bottom of them up,at the mains ?.with a blow torch
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Done it, just used some bigger tools lol Did take a fair bit of effort though. Cheers for your help!
Old 25-02-2010 | 06:45 PM
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was gonna say use a long bar and socket to do up the top nut rather than using a normal rachet/spanner then use a long bar to get it off!!

Found when i was fitting them had to be really really really tight too or the nuts moved!!!
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