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March 5th 10, 03:53 PM
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Nut Splitter worth buying for one job?
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 
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March 5th 10, 04:03 PM
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Nut Splitter worth buying for one job?
"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 Well for £9.50 http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...t-splitter-set I would buy a set (assuming they work, never tried) and keep them in the toolbox. I've several tools that I've only used a couple of times in the past forty years but they have been worth their weight in gold when needed... and you can make a lot of friends very grateful if you are willing to occasionally lend them! Peter
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March 5th 10, 04:04 PM
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On 05/03/2010 15:53, Mike P wrote:
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 Get the grinder to it if you can get in. End result is a knackered nut no matter what approach. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
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March 5th 10, 04:06 PM
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On 5 Mar, 16:03, "Peter Andrews"
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 Well for £9.50http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cht246-nut-splitter...I would buy a set (assuming they work, never tried) and keep them in the toolbox. *I've several tools that I've only used a couple of times in the past forty years but they have been worth their weight in gold when needed... and you can make a lot of friends very grateful if you are willing to occasionally lend them! That was my thinking too, however I need them for tomorrow morning, and the nearest store to me is 60 miles away... Halfords do one. It's too small, it's only one in the set and it's £12.50.. Mike P
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March 5th 10, 04:08 PM
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On 5 Mar, 16:04, Conor wrote:
On 05/03/2010 15:53, Mike P wrote: 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 Get the grinder to it if you can get in. End result is a knackered nut no matter what approach. I can get the grinder in just about. Knackered nuts no issue as the replacement DLs have new nuts on them.. thanks all Mike P
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March 5th 10, 04:09 PM
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Mike P wrote:
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 Buy a dremel type tool, their small sized discs slice through nuts like knife thro butter, with minimal sparks.
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March 5th 10, 04:49 PM
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, Mike P writes 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? I assume that the studs don't have a socket for an allen key to prevent it spinning when you undo the nut? I know most Fords have this. -- Paul Giverin My Photos:- www.pbase.com/vendee
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March 5th 10, 04:54 PM
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, Mike P wrote: 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 Can you get a jack under the ball joint? Forcing it back in place can stop the taper turning. Or Mole grips? -- *A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.
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March 5th 10, 05:25 PM
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On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:53:55 -0000, Mike P wrote:
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 Personally I prefer the nut splitter, no sparks & if you hit yourself in the chin with it you don't have to grow a beard and use Sensodyne 3 times a day for the rest of your life -- Duncan Wood
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March 5th 10, 08:05 PM
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Nut Splitter worth buying for one job?
"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? Personally, angry grinder with a 1mm-0.8mm cutting disk, it'll be the work of seconds...
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