On Mar 11, 9:07*am, "Mrcheerful" wrote:
Duncan Wood wrote:
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:36:59 -0000, Mrcheerful
wrote:

nntp.aioe.org wrote:
"Mike P" wrote in message
....
Got to change the ARB drop links on my Pug 306. They're so worn I
can move them by hand while on the car..

The nuts at both ends are totally knackered. They just spin, and
there's nothing on the other end to get a grip to stop them
turning. Is it worth buying one of those nut splitters that you just
tighten
like a blade...

Or should I just get the grinder on them?

Mike P

OO wish I had a gringer, I used a sodding hacksaw .. ok I cheated
only went halfway then some grippers and bendy wobbly off it
technique came in.
Get the angle grinder on it

a cheap grinder can be less than 10 pounds if you look around, lidl
and aldi
weekly specials are often good for cheap tools, sign up for their
mailshots.

Buy the goggles or mask though, if you wear galsses angle grinder
sparks weld to them, which aint cheap but still less grief than what
they do to your eyeball.

and avoid grinding near glass, seats, carpets or paintwork, they get damaged
by the sparks very easily too, it sounds obvious when you are warned about
it, but I have damaged a few things by forgetting it, or not realising how
far the sparks are going.

sobTake your watch off too/sob

wrote:
On Mar 11, 9:07 am, "Mrcheerful" wrote:
Duncan Wood wrote:
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:36:59 -0000, Mrcheerful
wrote:

nntp.aioe.org wrote:
"Mike P" wrote in message
...
Got to change the ARB drop links on my Pug 306. They're so worn I
can move them by hand while on the car..

The nuts at both ends are totally knackered. They just spin, and
there's nothing on the other end to get a grip to stop them
turning. Is it worth buying one of those nut splitters that you
just tighten
like a blade...

Or should I just get the grinder on them?

Mike P

OO wish I had a gringer, I used a sodding hacksaw .. ok I
cheated only went halfway then some grippers and bendy wobbly off
it technique came in.
Get the angle grinder on it

a cheap grinder can be less than 10 pounds if you look around, lidl
and aldi
weekly specials are often good for cheap tools, sign up for their
mailshots.

Buy the goggles or mask though, if you wear galsses angle grinder
sparks weld to them, which aint cheap but still less grief than what
they do to your eyeball.

and avoid grinding near glass, seats, carpets or paintwork, they get
damaged by the sparks very easily too, it sounds obvious when you
are warned about it, but I have damaged a few things by forgetting
it, or not realising how far the sparks are going.

sobTake your watch off too/sob

good point, I forget that one as I never, ever wear a watch. a habit I lost
decades ago. the other thing that I did once was to set fire to my overalls
with grinder sparks!!!

Tony (UncleFista) wrote:
"Mrcheerful" wrote in message
m...
good point, I forget that one as I never, ever wear a watch. a
habit I lost decades ago. the other thing that I did once was to
set fire to my overalls with grinder sparks!!!

Don't forget to leave your mobile out of grinder-range too.
The "sparks" and steel dust get attracted to the speaker(s) in your
phone and eventually it stops working....

Ask me how I know...

I had a philips cordless phone that I had to clean out every now and again,
the neodymium magnet on the speaker just sucked everything in, the only way
to get it clean was using sellotape, I knew it needed doing when the sound
got crackly and distorted.